Dynamic indexability and lower bounds for dynamic one-dimensional range query indexes

The B-tree is a fundamental external index structure that is widely used for answering one-dimensional range reporting queries. Given a set of N keys, a range query can be answered in O(logB N M + K B ) I/Os, where B is the disk block size, K the output size, and M the size of the main memory buffer. When keys are inserted or deleted, the B-tree is updated in O(logB N) I/Os, if we require the resulting changes to be committed to disk right away. Otherwise, the memory buffer can be used to buffer the recent updates, and changes can be written to disk in batches, which significantly lowers the amortized update cost. A systematic way of batching up updates is to use the logarithmic method, combined with fractional cascading, resulting in a dynamic B-tree that supports insertions in O( 1 B log N M ) I/Os and queries in O(log N M + K B ) I/Os. Such bounds have also been matched by several known dynamic B-tree variants in the database literature. Note that, however, the query cost of these ...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: PODS
• Authors: Ke Yi
• Keywords: Database, Dynamic B-tree Variants, Log B, PODS 2009, Static B-tree