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1.7: List of Data Structures

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    Tables \(\PageIndex{1}\) and \(\PageIndex{2}\) summarize the performance of data structures in this book that implement each of the interfaces, List, USet, and SSet, described in Section 1.2. Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\) shows the dependencies between various chapters in this book. A dashed arrow indicates only a weak dependency, in which only a small part of the chapter depends on a previous chapter or only the main results of the previous chapter.

    Table \(\PageIndex{1}\): Summary of List and USet implementations.

    \(\texttt{List}\) implementations

    \(\mathtt{get(i)}/\mathtt{set(i,x)}\) \(\mathtt{add(i,x)}/\mathtt{remove(i)}\)
    \(\texttt{ArrayStack}\) \(O(1)\) \(O(1+\mathtt{n}-\mathtt{i})\)A § 2.1
    \(\texttt{ArrayDeque}\) \(O(1)\) \(O(1+\min\{\mathtt{i},\mathtt{n}-\mathtt{i}\})\)A § 2.4
    \(\texttt{DualArrayDeque}\) \(O(1)\) \(O(1+\min\{\mathtt{i},\mathtt{n}-\mathtt{i}\})\)A § 2.5
    \(\texttt{RootishArrayStack}\) \(O(1)\) \(O(1+\mathtt{n}-\mathtt{i})\)A § 2.6
    \(\texttt{DLList}\) \(O(1+\min\{\mathtt{i},\mathtt{n}-\mathtt{i}\})\) \(O(1+\min\{\mathtt{i},\mathtt{n}-\mathtt{i}\})\) § 3.2
    \(\texttt{SEList}\) \(O(1+\min\{\mathtt{i},\mathtt{n}-\mathtt{i}\}/\mathtt{b})\) \(O(\mathtt{b}+\min\{\mathtt{i},\mathtt{n}-\mathtt{i}\}/\mathtt{b})\)A § 3.3
    \(\texttt{SkiplistList}\) \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\)E \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\)E § 4.3

    \(\texttt{USet}\) implementations

    \(\mathtt{find(x)}\) \(\mathtt{add(x)}/\mathtt{remove(x)}\)
    A Denotes an amortized running time.
    E Denotes an expected running time.
    \(\texttt{ChainedHashTable}\) \(O(1)\)E \(O(1)\)A,E § 5.1
    \(\texttt{LinearHashTable}\) \(O(1)\)E \(O(1)\)A,E § 5.2

    Table \(\PageIndex{2}\): Summary of SSet and priority Queue implementations.

    \(\texttt{SSet}\) implementations

    \(\mathtt{find(x)}\) \(\mathtt{add(x)}/\mathtt{remove(x)}\)
    \(\texttt{SkiplistSSet}\) \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\)E \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\)E § 4.2
    \(\texttt{Treap}\) \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\)E \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\)E § 7.2
    \(\texttt{ScapegoatTree}\) \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\) \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\)A § 8.1
    \(\texttt{RedBlackTree}\) \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\) \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\) § 9.2
    \(\texttt{BinaryTrie}\)I \(O(\mathtt{w})\) \(O(\mathtt{w})\) § 13.1
    \(\texttt{XFastTrie}\)I \(O(\log \mathtt{w})\)A,E \(O(\mathtt{w})\)A,E § 13.2
    \(\texttt{YFastTrie}\)I \(O(\log \mathtt{w})\)A,E \(O(\log \mathtt{w})\)A,E § 13.3
    \(\texttt{BTree}\) \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\) \(O(B+\log \mathtt{n})\)A § 14.2
    \(\texttt{BTree}\)X \(O(\log_B \mathtt{n})\) \(O(\log_B \mathtt{n})\) § 14.2

    (Priority) \(\texttt{Queue}\) implementations

    \(\mathtt{findMin()}\) \(\mathtt{add(x)}/\mathtt{remove()}\)
    I This structure can only store \(\texttt{w}\)-bit integer data.
    X This denotes the running time in the external-memory model; see Chapter 14.
    \(\texttt{BinaryHeap}\) \(O(1)\) \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\)A § 10.1
    \(\texttt{MeldableHeap}\) \(O(1)\) \(O(\log \mathtt{n})\)E § 10.2
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    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): The dependencies between chapters in this book.

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