A Selectable Sloppy Heap

We study the selection problem, namely that of computing the ith order statistic of n given elements. Here we offer a data structure called selectable sloppy heap that handles a dynamic version in which upon request (i) a new element is inserted or (ii) an element of a prescribed quantile group is d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adrian Dumitrescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Algorithms
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/12/3/58