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# Vector Search Engine
Native HNSW and IVF-PQ indexes for similarity search.
## Usage
```nim
import barabadb/vector/engine
var idx = newHNSWIndex(dimensions = 128)
idx.insert(1, @[1.0'f32, 0.0'f32, ...], {"category": "A"}.toTable)
# Search
let results = idx.search(queryVector, k = 10)
# With metadata filtering
let filtered = idx.searchWithFilter(queryVector, k = 10,
filter = proc(meta: Table[string, string]): bool =
return meta.getOrDefault("category") == "A")
```
## Index Types
### HNSW
Hierarchical Navigable Small World graph for approximate nearest neighbor search.
```nim
var hnsw = newHNSWIndex(
dimensions = 128,
m = 16, # connections per layer
efConstruction = 200, # search width during construction
efSearch = 100 # search width during query
)
```
### IVF-PQ
Inverted File Index with Product Quantization for compression.
```nim
var ivfpq = newIVFPQIndex(
dimensions = 128,
numCentroids = 256,
subQuantizers = 8
)
```
## Distance Metrics
| Metric | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `cosine` | Cosine similarity |
| `euclidean` | L2 distance |
| `dotproduct` | Dot product similarity |
| `manhattan` | L1 distance |
## Quantization
```nim
import barabadb/vector/quant
# Scalar quantization
let scalar = scalarQuantize(data, bits = 8)
# Product quantization
let pq = productQuantize(data, subVectors = 8, bits = 8)
```
## SIMD Acceleration
```nim
import barabadb/vector/simd
let dist = simdCosineDistance(vec1, vec2)
```