Title
Clustering-based similarity search in metric spaces with sparse spatial centers
Abstract
Metric spaces are a very active research field which offers efficient methods for indexing and searching by similarity in large data sets. In this paper we present a new clustering-based method for similarity search called SSSTree. Its main characteristic is that the centers of each cluster are selected using Sparse Spatial Selection (SSS), a technique initially developed for the selection of pivots. SSS is able to adapt the set of selected points (pivots or cluster centers) to the intrinsic dimensionality of the space. Using SSS, the number of clusters in each node of the tree depends on the complexity of the subspace it represents. The space partition in each node will be made depending on that complexity, improving thus the performance of the search operation. In this paper we present this new method and provide experimental results showing that SSSTree performs better than previously proposed indexes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/978-3-540-77566-9_16
SOFSEM
Keywords
Field
DocType
metric space,metric spaces,indexation,similarity search
Data mining,Cluster (physics),Combinatorics,Data set,Subspace topology,Computer science,Search engine indexing,Curse of dimensionality,Metric space,Cluster analysis,Nearest neighbor search
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
4910
0302-9743
3-540-77565-X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.69
14
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nieves R. Brisaboa11021117.80
Oscar Pedreira223821.43
Diego Seco311518.83
Roberto Solar490.69
Roberto Uribe5312.25