QuEval: beyond high-dimensional indexing à la carte

  • Authors:
  • Martin Schäler;Alexander Grebhahn;Reimar Schröter;Sandro Schulze;Veit Köppen;Gunter Saake

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany;University of Passau, Passau, Germany;University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany;TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany;University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany;University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

In the recent past, the amount of high-dimensional data, such as feature vectors extracted from multimedia data, increased dramatically. A large variety of indexes have been proposed to store and access such data efficiently. However, due to specific requirements of a certain use case, choosing an adequate index structure is a complex and time-consuming task. This may be due to engineering challenges or open research questions. To overcome this limitation, we present QuEval, an open-source framework that can be flexibly extended w.r.t. index structures, distance metrics, and data sets. QuEval provides a unified environment for a sound evaluation of different indexes, for instance, to support tuning of indexes. In an empirical evaluation, we show how to apply our framework, motivate benefits, and demonstrate analysis possibilities.