Module 5: Disk-based Index Structures
  Lecture 18: General Framework
 

                                           

 

 

kNN searching order
  • Efficiency depends on order in which regions are searched
 
  • Suppose k = 2
 
  • Starting with F results in better pruning than with L
 
  • For root T,S,O,R,Pi order is better thanP,R,O,Siorder
  • Start with the region with lowest minimum
 
  • Sorting or comparison among regions
  • Maintenance of heap
  • More complex and time-consuming than range querying
 
  • E orts to estimate range for neighbours