Incremental Planar Nearest Neighbor Queries with Optimal Query Time

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Auteurs principaux: Iacono, John, Nekrich, Yakov
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author Iacono, John
Nekrich, Yakov
author_facet Iacono, John
Nekrich, Yakov
contents In this paper we show that two-dimensional nearest neighbor queries can be answered in optimal $O(\log n)$ time while supporting insertions in $O(\log^{1+\varepsilon}n)$ time. No previous data structure was known that supports $O(\log n)$-time queries and polylog-time insertions. In order to achieve logarithmic queries our data structure uses a new technique related to fractional cascading that leverages the inherent geometry of this problem. Our method can be also used in other semi-dynamic scenarios.
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spellingShingle Incremental Planar Nearest Neighbor Queries with Optimal Query Time
Iacono, John
Nekrich, Yakov
Data Structures and Algorithms
Computational Geometry
In this paper we show that two-dimensional nearest neighbor queries can be answered in optimal $O(\log n)$ time while supporting insertions in $O(\log^{1+\varepsilon}n)$ time. No previous data structure was known that supports $O(\log n)$-time queries and polylog-time insertions. In order to achieve logarithmic queries our data structure uses a new technique related to fractional cascading that leverages the inherent geometry of this problem. Our method can be also used in other semi-dynamic scenarios.
title Incremental Planar Nearest Neighbor Queries with Optimal Query Time
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
Computational Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.07366