> Adding a new document does not immediately modify an index, so the time > it takes to add a new document to an existing index is not proportional > to the index size. It is constant. The execution time of optimize() > is proportional to the index size, so you want to do that only if you > really need it. The Lucene article on http://www.onjava.com/ from > March 5th describes this in more detail.
Otis, I am not sure, if anything about constants is constant in non-constant IR systems :-) I think, that the correct answer is O(t/k*(1+log_m(k)), where t is a time you need to create&write one monolithic segment of k documents, m is merge factor you use, and k is the number of documents which are already in index. As you can see, the function grows with k. Can you explain me, why addition of one document takes constant time? Thank you -g- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
