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Topic: geometry
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Topic: fractal geometry
Reference
Aggarwal, C.C., Hinneburg, A., Keim, D.A.,
"On the surprising behavior of distance metrics in high dimensional space", in van den Bussche, J., Vianu, V. (ed.),
Database Theory -- ICDT 2001. 8th International Conference, London UK, January 4-6, 2001, LNCS 1973, pp. 421-434.
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421 ;;Quote: in high dimensional spaces, the ratio between nearest and farthest neighbor is almost one; nearest neighbor is ill defined
421+;;Quote: use fractional distance metrics to preserve proximity in high dimensional spaces;