In many database applications involving string data, it is common to have near neighbor queries (asking for strings that are similar to a query string) or nearest neighbor queries...
A genetic algorithm-based clustering technique, called GA-clustering, is proposed in this article. The searching capability of genetic algorithms is exploited in order to search f...
We study a generalization of the k-median problem with respect to an arbitrary dissimilarity measure D. Given a finite set P of size n, our goal is to find a set C of size k such t...
—Metric space searching is an emerging technique to address the problem of efficient similarity searching in many applications, including multimedia databases and other reposito...
It is well known that using high-locality representations is important for efficient evolutionary search. This paper discusses how the locality of a representation influences the ...