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BANG file

(data structure)

Definition: A balanced and nested grid (BANG) file is a point access method which divides space into a nonperiodic grid. Each spatial dimension is divided by a linear hash. Cells may intersect, and points may be distributed between them.

See also twin grid file.

Note: After [GG98].

Author: PEB


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Paul E. Black, "BANG file", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/bangfile.html