Cc. Chang et Cf. Lee, A 2-LEVEL SIGNATURE FILE BASED ON A BLOCK-ORIENTED DATA MODEL FOR SPATIAL MATCH RETRIEVAL, Zhongguo gongcheng xuekan, 21(4), 1998, pp. 467-478
Signature file methods have good retrieval properties and require litt
le storage overhead. Applying a signature file method to the retrieval
of images from iconic image databases can reduce the number of blocks
to be examined when answering a query and can thus save processing ti
me. The main concern in the construction of signature files is how to
minimize the average false drop rate to avoid unnecessary accesses. In
this paper, we propose a two-level signature file system for spatial
match retrieval based on a block-oriented data model. An algorithm is
presented to determine a set of good integer solutions in the signatur
e size assignment problem. In addition, our signature file system has
taken into consideration a flexible solution to the false drop problem
and other realistic factors.