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In this paper, we consider the following sum query problem:
Given a point set P in R^d, and a distance-based function f(p,q) (i.e. a function of the distance between p and q) satisfying some general properties,
the goal is to develop a data structure and a query algorithm for efficiently computing a (1+epsilon)-approximate solution to the sum
sum_{p in P} f(p,q) for any query point q in R^d and any small constant epsilon>0. Existing techniques for this problem are mainly based on some core-set techniques which often have difficulties to deal with functions with local domination property. Based on several new insights to this problem, we develop in this paper a novel technique to overcome these encountered difficulties. Our algorithm is capable of answering queries with high success probability in time no more than ~O_{epsilon,d}(n^{0.5 + c}), and the underlying
data structure can be constructed in ~O_{epsilon,d}(n^{1+c}) time for any c>0, where the hidden constant has only polynomial dependence on 1/epsilon and d.
Our technique is simple and can be easily implemented for practical purpose.
@InProceedings{huang_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2017.47,
author = {Huang, Ziyun and Xu, Jinhui},
title = {{An Efficient Sum Query Algorithm for Distance-based Locally Dominating Functions}},
booktitle = {28th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2017)},
pages = {47:1--47:13},
series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
ISBN = {978-3-95977-054-5},
ISSN = {1868-8969},
year = {2017},
volume = {92},
editor = {Okamoto, Yoshio and Tokuyama, Takeshi},
publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
address = {Dagstuhl, Germany},
URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2017.47},
URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-82483},
doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2017.47},
annote = {Keywords: Sum Query, Distance-based Function, Local Domination, High Dimen- sions, Data Structure}
}