Interpretation of Sigma Query

In the query Sw (w1, w2,..., wn) R, R is a cluster string representing (a portion of) the virtul world. The above query is interpreted as follows:

Procedure Query_Interpreter( Sw (w1, w2,..., wn) R)
Step 1: Apply cutw to each existing cluster in R to find its sub-clusters Cw1, Cw2, ..., Cwn.
Step 2: For each sub-cluster Ci, if wic is closed it is treated as a single object. If wio is open it is treated as a set of objects. Re-encode R according to Sw.