Algorithms for Querying by Spatial Structure
Summary: Proposes a multi-resolution framework for structural queries—configurations of spatial constraints over n variables—and three CSP-enhanced algorithms that integrate constraint satisfaction with R-tree indexing, plus automatic similarity measures. Relates structural queries to relative-location image retrieval, notes worst-case search exponentiality (N!/(N−n)!), O(N^n) for inexact matching, and provides optimization techniques with real-data experiments. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Dimitris Papadias
- 2. Nikos Mamoulis
- 3. Vasilis Delis
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 7,727 | Processing and Optimization of Multiway Spatial Joins Using R-trees | 1999 | PODS | 4.6616221e-05 |
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| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | R-Trees: A Dynamic Index Structure For Spatial Searching | 1984 | SIGMOD | 0.0032118946 |
| 6 | The R*-tree: An Efficient and Robust Access Method for Points and Rectangles | 1990 | SIGMOD | 0.0016113151 |
| 48 | Nearest Neighbor Queries | 1995 | SIGMOD | 0.0006954126 |
| 75 | Spatial Query Processing in an Object-Oriented Database System | 1986 | SIGMOD | 0.00057450043 |
| 147 | Efficient Processing of Spatial Joins Using R-trees | 1993 | SIGMOD | 0.00041201518 |
| 479 | Multi-Step Processing of Spatial Joins | 1994 | SIGMOD | 0.00022182486 |
| 2,905 | Spatial Joins Using R-trees: Breadth-First Traversal with Global Optimizations | 1997 | VLDB | 7.9364369e-05 |
| 3,111 | Topological Relations in the World of Minimum Bounding Rectangles: A Study with R-trees | 1995 | SIGMOD | 7.5445257e-05 |
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| 1,769 | Closest Pair Queries in Spatial Databases | 2000 | SIGMOD | 0.00010608375 |
| 2 | R-Trees: A Dynamic Index Structure For Spatial Searching | 1984 | SIGMOD | 0.0032118946 |
| 8,127 | Similarity Search for Adaptive Ellipsoid Queries Using Spatial Transformation | 2001 | VLDB | 4.5757206e-05 |
| 7,727 | Processing and Optimization of Multiway Spatial Joins Using R-trees | 1999 | PODS | 4.6616221e-05 |
| 8,200 | Efficient Geometry-based Similarity Search of 3D Spatial Databases | 1999 | SIGMOD | 4.5556029e-05 |
| 1,290 | Content-Based Image Indexing | 1994 | VLDB | 0.00012774326 |
| 147 | Efficient Processing of Spatial Joins Using R-trees | 1993 | SIGMOD | 0.00041201518 |
| 5,889 | Improving Adaptable Similarity Query Processing by Using Approximations | 1998 | VLDB | 5.2842168e-05 |
| 301 | The SR-tree: An Index Structure for High-Dimensional Nearest Neighbor Queries | 1997 | SIGMOD | 0.00028396714 |
| 56 | Direct Spatial Search on Pictorial Databases Using Packed R-trees | 1985 | SIGMOD | 0.00065500256 |