On the dynamic finger conjecture for splay trees. Part I: Splay sorting log n-block sequences

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Abstract

The splay tree is a binary search tree in which each access will cause some rotations to be performed on the tree. A special instance of the splay sorting problem related to the dynamic finger conjecture is investigated. The splay sort conjecture is proven in a variety of sequences. A number of features and several new techniques for proving amortized results are introduced.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-43
Number of pages43
JournalSIAM Journal on Computing
Volume30
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

Keywords

  • Amortized analysis
  • Binary search tree
  • Finger search tree
  • Splay tree

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • General Mathematics

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