http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-java/LucenePapers
Many people have come to this list asking the same question,including myself. Most answers are practical ones. But lucene has so many interesting ideas in it, which triggers everyones academic curiosity, without caring for the results. 2012/11/27 geeky2 <gee...@hotmail.com> > Ian Lea wrote > > > > The question on cores might be better asked on the solr list, assuming > > you are talking about Solr cores. But I bet the answer will be a > > variant on either "it depends" or, my favourite, "whatever works for > > you". > > yes - i am referring to solr cores. > > i was hoping to find a more academic explanation to a few of my questions. > for example - is a lucene search done as a "full table scan" and therefore > linear in performance or O(n)?? > > knowing things like this - would help me make better core/index design > decisions (along with other factors - of course). > > thx > mark > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/info-on-how-lucene-conducsts-a-search-tp4022665p4022683.html > Sent from the Lucene - Java Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > > -- Sincerely yours, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis
