Near-neighbor search in pattern distance spaces

摘要

Similarity searching techniques are provided. In one aspect, a method for use in finding near-neighbors in a set of objects comprises the following steps. Subspace pattern similarities that the objects in the set exhibit in multi-dimensional spaces are identified. Subspace correlations are defined between two or more of the objects in the set based on the identified subspace pattern similarities for use in identifying near-neighbor objects. A pattern distance index may be created. A method of performing a near-neighbor search of one or more query objects against a set of objects is also provided.