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Updating approximately complete trees. (English) Zbl 0884.68094

Summary: We define a \(k\)-incomplete binary search tree to be a tree in which any two external nodes are no more than \(k\) levels apart; we say that it is approximately complete. Whereas we show that 1-incomplete binary search trees have an amortized cost of \(\Theta(n)\), we demonstrate that 2-incomplete binary search trees have an amortized update cost of \(O(\log^2n)\). Thus, they are an attractive alternative for those situations that require fast retrieval (that is, \(\log n+O(1)\) comparisons) and have few updates.

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68R10 Graph theory (including graph drawing) in computer science
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