Tree Structures and Algorithms Hanchen Wang • 09.09.2018 1 Introduction ● Definition & Properties ● Basic Operations Problem Sets Outline ● Traversing Tree ● Balancing Binary Tree ● Querying Binary Tree Advanced Structures ● Red-Black Tree ● Balanced Search Tree ● van Emde Boas Tree 2 Introduction Math Definition Practical Instance (Free) Tree; Search; Rooted and Ordered Tree; Minimum/Maximum; Binary and Positional Tree; Successor/Predecessor Insert/Delete 3 Introduction - Definition & Property - (Free) Tree (Free) Tree -> Connected, Acyclic, Undirected Graph (a) Tree (b) Forest (c) Neither ● G = (V, E) ● Any two vertices in G are connected by a unique simple path ● G is connected, but if any edge is removed from E, the resulting graph is disconnected ● G is connected, and |E| = |V| - 1 ● G is acyclic, and |E| = |V| - 1 ● G is acyclic, but if any edge is added to E, the resulting graph contains a cycle 4 Introduction - Definition & Property - R* Tree Rooted Tree -> a free tree in which one of the vertices is distinguished from the others ● Terms: Root/Leaf; Ancestor/Descendent; Parent/Child; Degree/Depth/Height Ordered Tree -> a rooted tree in which the children of each node are ordered. 5 Introduction - Definition & Property - B* Tree Binary Tree -> A Structure that defined on a finite set of nodes that: ● either contains no nodes, ● or is composed of three disjoint sets of nodes: a root node, a binary tree called its left subtree, and a binary tree called its right subtree. ● Terms: empty(null)/full tree; NIL Positional Tree -> Extended version of Binary Tree, with more than two children per nodes, with index ● Terms: k-ary tree, complete k-ary tree 6 Introduction - Basic Operations (of Binary Search Tree) Binary Search Tree ● A Binary Tree ● Each node contains attributes key, left, right, and p that point to the nodes corresponding to its stored data, left child, right child, and parent, respectively ● For any node X, If Y is a node in the left subtree of X, then y.key < x.key; If Y is a node in the right subtree of x, then Y.key > X.key Dynamic-Set Operations ● Search, Minimum, Maximum, Predecessor, Successor, Insert and Delete ● Time Complexity -> O(log2 n) ● Recursive Method: Inorder/Preorder/Postorder 7 Introduction - Basic Operations (of Binary Search Tree) Ergodic Method ● Inorder: Left Subtree -> Root -> Right Subtree ● Preorder: Root -> Subtrees ● Postorder: Subtrees -> Root Tree Walk How about Preorder /Postorder Tree Walk? 8 Introduction - Basic Operations (of Binary Search Tree) Search -Recursively -Iteratively(better efficiency) 9 Introduction - Basic Operations (of Binary Search Tree) Minimum Maximum 10 Introduction - Basic Operations (of Binary Search Tree) Successor How about Predecessor? 11 Introduction - Basic Operations (of Binary Search Tree) Insert 12 Introduction - Basic Operations (of Binary Search Tree) Delete 13 Introduction - Basic Operations (of Binary Search Tree) Delete 14 Introduction - *Randomly Built Binary Search Tree ● Each of the basic operations on a binary search tree runs in O(h) time, where h is the height of the tree ● Height changes with insertions and deletions ⎣ ⎦ ● h >= log2n ● randomly built binary search tree on n keys means inserting the keys in random order into an initially empty tree ● It can be proved that the expected height of a such with n distinct key values is O(log2 n). 15 Problem Sets Definition Traversing Tree Balancing Binary Tree Querying Binary Tree 16 Problem Sets - 104. Maximum Depth of Binary Tree Given a binary tree, find its maximum depth. The maximum depth is the number of nodes along the longest path from the root node down to the farthest leaf node. 17 Problem Sets - 111. Minimum Depth of Binary Tree Given a binary tree, find its minimum depth. The minimum depth is the number of nodes along the shortest path from the root node down to the nearest leaf node. 18 Problem Sets - 94. Binary Tree Inorder Traversal Given a binary tree, return the inorder traversal of its nodes' values. 19 Problem Sets -144. Binary Tree Preorder Traversal Given a binary tree, return the preorder traversal of its nodes' values. 20 Problem Sets -145. Binary Tree Postorder Traversal Given a binary tree, return the postorder traversal of its nodes' values. 21 Problem Sets -102. Binary Tree Level Order Traversal Given a binary tree, return the level order traversal of its nodes' values. 22 Problem Sets - 889. Construct Binary Tree from Preorder and Postorder Traversal Given preorder and postorder traversal of a tree, construct the binary tree. 23 Problem Sets - 889. Construct Binary Tree from Preorder and Postorder Traversal Given preorder and postorder traversal of a tree, construct the binary tree. 24 Problem Sets - 889. Construct Binary Tree from Inorder and Postorder Traversal Given preorder and postorder traversal of a tree, construct the binary tree. 25 Problem Sets - 105. Construct Binary Tree from Preorder and Inorder Traversal Given preorder and inorder traversal of a tree, construct the binary tree. 26 Problem Sets - 110. Balanced Binary Tree Given a binary tree, determine if it is height-balanced a binary tree in which the depth of the two subtrees of every node never differ by more than 1. 27 Problem Sets - 109. Convert Sorted List to Binary Search Tree Given a singly linked list where elements are sorted in ascending order, convert it to a height balanced BST. 28 Problem Sets - 109. Convert Sorted List to Binary Search Tree Given a singly linked list where elements are sorted in ascending order, convert it to a height balanced BST. 29 Problem Sets - 114. Flatten Binary Tree to Linked List Given a binary tree, flatten it to a linked list in-place. 30 Problem Sets - 114. Flatten Binary Tree to Linked List Given a binary tree, flatten it to a linked list in-place. 31 Problem Sets - 257. Binary Tree Path Given a binary tree, return all root-to-leaf paths. 32 Problem Sets - 257. Binary Tree Path Given a binary tree, return all root-to-leaf paths. 33 Advanced Structures -to bring more balance ● Red-Black Tree ● Balanced Search Tree ● van Emde Boas Tree 34 Advanced Structures - Red-Black Tree Red-Black Tree -> A Binary Tree(each node with 1 more attribute, color) that satisfies red-black properties: ● Every node is either red or black ● The root is black ● Every leaf(NIL) is black ● If a node is red, the both its children are black ● For each node, all simple paths from the node to descendant leaves contain the same number of black nodes 35 Advanced Structures - Red-Black Tree Balanced Property -> A red-black tree with n internal nodes has height at most 2 lg n Dynamic Operation -> Rotation, Insertion, Deletion 36 Advanced Structures - Balanced Search Tree Balanced Search Tree -> better at minimizing disk I/O operations, it is a rooted tree satisfied several specific properties(pp.488-489, Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Ed). Balanced Property -> the height h of a n-key, t-degree B-tree satisfies: H <= logt (n+1)/2 (n>=1, t>=2) Dynamic Operation 37 References 1 “Introduction to Algorithms” by Thomas H. Cormen et al. “Data Structures & Algorithms in Python” by Michael T. Goodrich et al. “Data Structures and Algorithms with Python” by Kent D. Lee et al. 38 Thanks 39.