van Emde Boas tree

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tree data structure that implements an associative array with keys of up to m bits. It can perform all operations in a time proportional to the log of the size of its largest element, or equivalently with an upper bound equal to the logarithm of 2 multiplied by m.

Word forms

van Emde Boas tree van Emde Boas trees

Etymology

Named after Peter van Emde Boas.

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