• DocumentCode
    1311728
  • Title

    Optimal algorithms for inserting a random element into a random heap

  • Author

    Hwang, Hsien-Kuei

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Stat. Sci., Acad. Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    784
  • Lastpage
    787
  • Abstract
    Two algorithms for inserting a random element into a random heap are shown to be optimal (in the sense that they use the least number of comparisons on the average among all comparison-based algorithms) for different values of n under a uniform model
  • Keywords
    Huffman codes; probability; random processes; source coding; tree data structures; Huffman coding tree; comparison-based algorithms; data structure; optimal algorithms; random element insertion; random heap; source coding; Algorithm design and analysis; Binary trees; Data structures; Huffman coding; Job design; Merging; Probability; Processor scheduling; Scheduling algorithm; Sorting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/18.556140
  • Filename
    556140