Partial match queries in random quadtrees

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Abstract: We consider the problem of recovering items matching a partially specified pattern in multidimensional trees (quad trees and k-d trees). We assume the traditional model where the data consist of independent and uniform points in the unit square. For this model, in a structure on n points, it is known that the number of nodes Cn(xi) to visit in order to report the items matching an independent and uniformly on [0,1] random query xi satisfies , where kappa and are explicit constants. We develop an approach based on the analysis of the cost Cn(x) of any fixed query xin[0,1], and give precise estimates for the variance and limit distribution of the cost Cn(x). Our results permit to describe a limit process for the costs Cn(x) as x varies in [0,1]; one of the consequences is that .



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