We propose a new distributed, fault-tolerant peer-to-peer index structure called the P-tree. P-trees efficiently evaluate range queries in addition to equality queries.
Adina Crainiceanu, Prakash Linga, Johannes Gehrke,...
Most of current fingerprint indexing schemes utilize features based on global textures and minutiae structures. To extend the existing technology of feature extraction, this paper...
Sequential patterns of d-gaps exist pervasively in inverted lists of Web document collection indices due to the cluster property. In this paper the information of d-gap sequential...
The indexing of complex data and similarity search plays an important role in many application areas. Traditional centralized index structure can not scale with the rapid prolifer...
Recent announcement of the MSN Direct Service has demonstrated the feasibility and industrial interest in utilizing wireless broadcast for pervasive information services. To suppo...