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Using space-filling curves for multi-dimensional indexing


Author(s) : P J H King J K Lawder, 
Publisher : N/A
Publication Date : 2000
ISSN : N/A
Abstract : Abstract. This paper presents and discusses a radically different approach to multi-dimensional indexing based on the concept of the spacefilling curve. It reports the novel algorithms which had to be developed to create the first actual implementation of a system based on this approach, on some comparative performance tests, and on its actual use within the TriStarp Group at Birkbeck to provide a Triple Store repository. An important result that goes beyond this requirement, however, is that the performance improvement over the Grid File is greater the higher the dimension. 1,