A Survey on Big IoT Data Indexing: Potential Solutions, Recent Advancements, and Open Issues

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Kouahla Z., Benrazek A., Ferrag M. A., Farou B., Seridi H., KURULAY M., ...More

FUTURE INTERNET, vol.14, no.1, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.3390/fi14010019
  • Journal Name: FUTURE INTERNET
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Keywords: big data, Internet of Things, indexing, information retrieval, query, NEAREST-NEIGHBOR SEARCH, DATA ANALYTICS, SIMILARITY SEARCH, OBJECT DETECTION, DATA AGGREGATION, IMAGE RETRIEVAL, METRIC-SPACES, DATA SETS, TREE, EFFICIENT
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The past decade has been characterized by the growing volumes of data due to the widespread use of the Internet of Things (IoT) applications, which introduced many challenges for efficient data storage and management. Thus, the efficient indexing and searching of large data collections is a very topical and urgent issue. Such solutions can provide users with valuable information about IoT data. However, efficient retrieval and management of such information in terms of index size and search time require optimization of indexing schemes which is rather difficult to implement. The purpose of this paper is to examine and review existing indexing techniques for large-scale data. A taxonomy of indexing techniques is proposed to enable researchers to understand and select the techniques that will serve as a basis for designing a new indexing scheme. The real-world applications of the existing indexing techniques in different areas, such as health, business, scientific experiments, and social networks, are presented. Open problems and research challenges, e.g., privacy and large-scale data mining, are also discussed.