Re: Fast vector similarity metric

Java, search engine....why not use something like Lucene?
http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene

Otis
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> From: Travis Bauer
> Sent: 3/11/2002 8:13:23 PM
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [GENERAL] Fast vector similarity metric
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> I am writing a java search engine which uses Postgresql as the
backend.
> In this search engine, I'm using an inverted term table (to store the
> vectors). The search engine is actually working, but the vector
> comparison is very slow. I'm wondering if someone with experience with
> this sort of thing could give me some ideas on how to implement a fast
> vector comparison for Postgres.
>
> Thank you,
>
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