Object-based and image-based object representations.

Object-based and image-based object representations.

An overview is presented of object-based and image-based representations of objects by their interiors. The representations are distinguished by the manner in which they can be used to answer two fundamental queries in database applications: (1) Feature query: given an object, determine its constitu...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ACM computing surveys. 36, 2 (2004).
Main Author: Samet, Hanan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access methods.
R-trees.
Feature query.
Geographic information systems (GIS).
Image space.
Location query.
Object space.
Octrees.
Pyramids.
Quadtrees.
Space filling curves.
Spatial databases.