Overview
Binary Search Trees (BSTs) are a fundamental data structure in computer science, allowing for efficient data management through a hierarchical organization. Each node in a BST has at most two children, with the left child containing values less than the parent and the right child containing values g...
Key Terms
Example: In a BST, each node has a value and pointers to its left and right children.
Example: In a BST, the nodes with no left or right child are leaves.
Example: A BST with three levels has a height of 2.
Example: In-order traversal of a BST gives sorted order of elements.
Example: Pre-order traversal is useful for creating a copy of the tree.
Example: Post-order traversal is used for deleting the tree.
Related Topics
Heaps
A specialized tree-based data structure that satisfies the heap property, useful for priority queues.
intermediateGraphs
A collection of nodes connected by edges, used to represent networks and relationships.
intermediateHash Tables
A data structure that implements an associative array, mapping keys to values for efficient data retrieval.
intermediateKey Concepts
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