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The Research of Database Index Compilation Progress and Trends at Home and Abroad

Zhang Xinyuan, Qiu Junping   

  • Online:2016-03-17 Published:2016-03-25

Abstract:

The features of database structure and database object are becoming more various and complex in the era of big data, which made database retrieval more challenging. Indexing is an efficient way to improve the database retrieval. By using bibliometrics and content analysis method and combined with correlational research, this paper divided the development of database index into four stages. It analyses the background and lists the representative viewpoints in terms of theory and technology in each stage. It then summarizes the trend of the research of database index compilation, and points the features, namely,diversity, in-depth, intelligent and visualization.

Key words: Database index, Database retrieval, Index compilation