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A Model for the Prediction of R-tree Performance

Summary: Analytical cost model predicting R-tree (and variants) disk-accesses for range queries using only dataset statistics (volume and spatial density), so applicable before index construction. Validated on synthetic/real data with ~10–15% error, useful for spatial query optimization. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID
1086
Venue
PODS
Year
1996
Pagerank
0.00011497734
Overall Rank
1,528 | 89.38%
DOI
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2,053 Selectivity Estimation in Spatial Databases 1999 SIGMOD 9.6728745e-05
2,366 Efficient Processing of Top-k Dominating Queries on Multi-Dimensional Data 2007 VLDB 8.9523637e-05
2,841 Selectivity Estimation in Extensible Databases - A Neural Network Approach 1998 VLDB 8.0287389e-05
3,275 Quadtree and R-tree Indexes in Oracle Spatial: A Comparison using GIS Data 2002 SIGMOD 7.2897998e-05
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6,161 Spatial Join Selectivity Using Power Laws 2000 SIGMOD 5.1753664e-05
6,705 Consistent Query Answers in Inconsistent Probabilistic Databases 2010 SIGMOD 4.9549359e-05
6,819 Workload-Aware Indexing of Continuously Moving Objects 2009 VLDB 4.9158166e-05
7,265 Efficient Computation of Top-k Frequent Terms over Spatio-temporal Ranges 2017 SIGMOD 4.7834983e-05
7,729 Processing and Optimization of Multiway Spatial Joins Using R-trees 1999 PODS 4.6660821e-05
7,784 Authenticated Online Data Integration Services 2015 SIGMOD 4.6517065e-05
8,709 Incremental Partitioning for Efficient Spatial Data Analytics 2022 VLDB 4.4638829e-05
9,143 Similarity Query Processing Using Disk Arrays 1998 SIGMOD 4.3850454e-05
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.

Rank Cited Paper Year Venue Pagerank
2 R-Trees: A Dynamic Index Structure For Spatial Searching 1984 SIGMOD 0.0032169493
6 The R*-tree: An Efficient and Robust Access Method for Points and Rectangles 1990 SIGMOD 0.0016162015
24 The R+-Tree: A Dynamic Index For Multi-Dimensional Objects 1987 VLDB 0.00083378538
47 Nearest Neighbor Queries 1995 SIGMOD 0.0007015885
56 Direct Spatial Search on Pictorial Databases Using Packed R-trees 1985 SIGMOD 0.00065631356
354 Hilbert R-tree: An Improved R-tree Using Fractals 1994 VLDB 0.00026137988
1,008 The BANG file: a new kind of grid file 1987 SIGMOD 0.00014666726
1,114 Beyond Uniformity and Independence : Analysis of R-trees Using the Concept of Fractal Dimension 1994 PODS 0.00013901031
2,030 Analysis Of Object Oriented Spatial Access Methods 1987 SIGMOD 9.7378136e-05
2,144 The LSD tree: spatial access to multidimensional point and non-point objects 1989 VLDB 9.4416732e-05
3,107 Topological Relations in the World of Minimum Bounding Rectangles: A Study with R-trees 1995 SIGMOD 7.550885e-05
6,076 Window Query-Optimal Clustering of Spatial Objects 1995 PODS 5.223696e-05
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