Processing partially specified queries over high-dimensional databases

  • Authors:
  • Byunggu Yu;Thomas Bailey

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, National University, 11255 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037-1011, USA;Department of Computer Science, Dept. 3315, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, USA

  • Venue:
  • Data & Knowledge Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

In recent years, high-dimensional database applications deal with multidimensional ad hoc queries that refer to an arbitrary number of arbitrarily (unpredictably) chosen dimensions of high-dimensional data. This paper thoroughly and systematically investigates possible secondary-storage based solutions to the problems of processing multidimensional ad hoc query in transactional or semi-transactional environments. Then a complementary solution called the indexed and transposed access method (ITAM) is proposed. This method is based on two complementary measures - a multidimensional access method and a proposed access method called the Opus-path. The performance of multidimensional access methods deteriorates rapidly as the ratio of query dimensionality to data dimensionality decreases. On the other hand, the Opus-path shows retrieval performance that is actually better when the ratio is low.