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title: 'bigANNOY: Approximate k-Nearest Neighbour Search for ''bigmemory'' Matrices
  with Annoy'
version: 0.3.0
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.bigANNOY
abstract: Approximate Euclidean k-nearest neighbour search routines that operate on
  'bigmemory::big.matrix' data through Annoy indexes created with 'RcppAnnoy'. The
  package builds persistent on-disk indexes plus sidecar metadata from streamed 'big.matrix'
  rows, supports euclidean, angular, Manhattan, and dot-product Annoy metrics, and
  can either return in-memory results or stream neighbour indices and distances into
  destination 'bigmemory' matrices. Explicit index lifecycle helpers, stronger metadata
  validation, descriptor-aware file-backed workflows, and benchmark helpers are also
  included.
authors:
- family-names: Bertrand
  given-names: Frederic
  email: frederic.bertrand@lecnam.net
preferred-citation:
  type: manual
  title: Approximate k-Nearest Neighbour Search for 'bigmemory' Matrices with Annoy
  authors:
  - family-names: Bertrand
    given-names: Frederic
    email: frederic.bertrand@lecnam.net
  year: '2026'
  notes: R package version 0.3.0
  url: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=bigANNOY
repository: https://fbertran.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/fbertran/bigANNOY
commit: 9597b605929621a1e9f84802523ff5aa0be3dac2
url: https://fbertran.github.io/bigANNOY/
date-released: '2026-03-27'
contact:
- family-names: Bertrand
  given-names: Frederic
  email: frederic.bertrand@lecnam.net