intersectionsuch
Intersectionsuch, literally “intersection search” in German, is a term used in information science and mathematics to denote the process of identifying common elements or points of intersection among two or more objects, such as finite sets, sequences, time series, or geometric shapes. The term is used more in German-language literature and in interdisciplinary contexts involving data querying and geometry.
In set theory and database contexts, the problem is to compute the intersection A1 ∩ A2 ∩ … ∩ Ak.
Within computational geometry, intersection search encompasses queries that determine whether objects intersect or enumerate all intersections
Applications of intersectionsuch include database query processing, information retrieval with conjunction queries, computer-aided design, geographic information
See also: intersection, set theory, query processing, computational geometry, spatial data structures.