This repository contains an implementation for the top-k best region search algorithm presented in this paper:
D. Skoutas, D. Sacharidis, K. Patroumpas. Efficient Progressive and Diversified Top-k Best Region Search. In SIGSPATIAL 2018, pp. 299-308.
Get the source code: git clone https://github.com/SLIPO-EU/best_region_search.git
Build with Maven: mvn install
Rename the file config.properties.example to config.properties and set the values of the parameters accordingly.
Execute with: java -jar target/brs.jar
Input format: poi_id;poi_name;poi_lon;poi_lat;poi_kwd1,poi_kwd2,...
Output format: region_id;region_geometry;region_score
Javadoc is available here.
The contents of this project are licensed under the Apache License 2.0.