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Peer reviewedCooper, Lorraine K. D.; Tharp, Alan L. – Information Processing and Management, 1989
Explores the new storage technology of optical data disks and introduces a data structure, the inverted signature tree, for storing data on optical data disks for efficient text searching. The inverted signature tree approach is compared to the use of text signatures and the B+ tree. (22 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Storage Devices, Data Processing, Information Storage
Peer reviewedCooper, Lorraine K. D.; Tharp, Alan L. – Information Processing and Management, 1993
Introduces the multicharacter trie as an index structure that can improve the time needed for retrieving full-text materials stored on CD-ROMs. The advantages of this structure compared to other structures are described, and experimental results comparing it to the widely used B+ tree and other structures used for full-text retrieval are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Processing, Full Text Databases, Indexes
