Algorithm::KDimensionalTree

Raku package with implementations of the K-Dimensional Tree (K-D Tree) algorithm.

Remark: This package should not be confused with "Algorithm::KdTree", [ITp1], which provides Raku bindings to a C-implementation of the K-D Tree algorithm. (A primary motivation for making this package, "Algorithm::KDimensionalTree", was to have a pure-Raku implementation.)

Installation

From Zef ecosystem:

zef install Algorithm::KDimensionalTree

From GitHub:

zef install https://github.com/antononcube/Raku-Algorithm-KDimensionalTree.git

Usage examples

Setup

use Algorithm::KDimensionalTree;
use Data::TypeSystem;
use Text::Plot;

Set of points

Make a random set of points:

my @points = ([(^100).rand, (^100).rand] xx 30).unique;
deduce-type(@points);

Create the K-dimensional tree object

my $kdTree = Algorithm::KDimensionalTree.new(@points);

say $kdTree;

Nearest k-neighbors

Use as a search point one from the points set:

my @searchPoint = |@points.head;

Find 6 nearest neighbors:

my @res = $kdTree.nearest(@searchPoint, 6);
.say for @res;

Plot

Plot the points, the found nearest neighbors, and the search point:

my @point-char =  <* ⏺ ▲>;
say <data nns search> Z=> @point-char;
say text-list-plot(
[@points, @res, [@searchPoint,]],
:@point-char,
x-limit => (0, 100),
y-limit => (0, 100),
width => 60,
height => 20);

TODO

• TODO Implementation

  • TODO Using distance functions other than Euclidean distance

  • TODO Using distance functions from an "universal" package

    • E.g. "Math::DistanceFunctions"

  • TODO Returning properties

    • DONE Points

    • TODO Indexes

    • TODO Labels

    • TODO Distances

    • TODO Combinations of those

  • TODO Having an umbrella function nearest

    • Instead of creating an KDTree object etc.

    • This might require making a functor nearest-function

    • This is better done in a different package

• TODO Documentation

  • DONE Basic usage examples with text plots

  • TODO More extensive documentation with a Jupyter notebook

    • Using "JavaScript::D3".

  • TODO Corresponding blog post

  • MAYBE Corresponding video

References

[AAp1] Anton Antonov, Data::TypeSystem Raku package, (2023), GitHub/antononcube.

[AAp2] Anton Antonov, Text::Plot Raku package, (2022), GitHub/antononcube.

[ITp1] Itsuki Toyota, Algorithm::KdTree Raku package, (2016-2024), GitHub/titsuki.