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Vorodspt: a Voronoi Based Overlay for Spatial Objects
Abstract
Distributed space partitioning trees (DPSTs) (Heute lbeck and Hemmje, 2006) describe a distributed spatial index for storage and access of the so-called location knowledge. Location knowledge is acquired in a complex distributed process through positionin g, tracking, and program logic to support location- based services which are based upon knowledge about the physical location, shape, and size of real and virtual entities, such as persons, vehicles, cities or other location-based services. Location knowled ge is needed at diverse applications in geographical info rmation systems (GIS), virtual collaboration system s and mobility management. The previous implementatio n of a DSPT, RectNet (Heutelbeck and Hemmje, 2006), was built on an adaptive binary tree shaped network topology. The use of a recursive space partitioning can be useful for load balancing. Howe ver, previous implementation requires complex operations to restructure the network. These operat ions cause significant bursts in network traffic. I n this paper we present VoroDSPT, a new DSPT implementatio n, by using the geometric structure Voronoi Diagram as a topology that provides both greedy-rou ting for supporting efficient spatial queries and information sharing, providing the base for implementing future efficient heuristics of load balancing.
Keywords
Spatial indexes
Peer-to-Peer
Overlay
Location-based services
Voronoi-Diagram
DSPT.
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Funding:
This research received academic dissemination support through ESCAP / JournalsHub publishing programs.
Conflicts of Interest:
The authors declare no competing financial or institutional interests.
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Double-blind peer reviewed by international subject specialists.
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
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Germany., et al. (2009). Vorodspt: a Voronoi Based Overlay for Spatial Objects. IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2009_v4i3_08
Germany., et al. "Vorodspt: a Voronoi Based Overlay for Spatial Objects." IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, vol. 4, no. 3, 2009. https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2009_v4i3_08
Germany., et al. "Vorodspt: a Voronoi Based Overlay for Spatial Objects." IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems 4, no. 3 (2009). https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2009_v4i3_08