(data structure)
Definition: A spatial access method where successive levels are split along different dimensions into nonoverlapping cells. Objects are indexed in all cells they intersect.
See also skd-tree.
Note: After [GG98].
Author: PEB
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Entry modified 17 December 2004.
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Paul E. Black, "extended k-d tree", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY)
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