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the total number of documents contained within the  
the total number of documents contained within the  
corresponding sub-collection. Area partition is accomplished  
corresponding sub-collection. Area partition is accomplished  
using modified, weighted [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voronoi_diagram Voronoi diagrams]].
using modified, weighted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voronoi_diagram Voronoi diagrams].

Latest revision as of 20:33, 11 April 2007

Area partition: The centroids of sub-collections are used to partition the polygon representing the parent collection into polygonal sub-areas. The size of each sub-area is related to the total number of documents contained within the corresponding sub-collection. Area partition is accomplished using modified, weighted Voronoi diagrams.