On the Subtree Size Profile of Binary Search trees

作者:Dennert Florian*; Gruebel Rudolf
来源:Combinatorics Probability & Computing, 2010, 19(4): 561-578.
DOI:10.1017/S0963548309990630

摘要

For random trees T generated by the binary search tree algorithm from uniformly distributed input we consider the subtree size profile, which maps k is an element of N to the number of nodes in T that root a subtree of size k. Complementing earlier work by Devroye, by Feng, Mahmoud and Panholzer, and by Fuchs, we obtain results for the range of small k-values and the range of k-values proportional to the size n of T. In both cases emphasis is on the process view, i.e., the joint distributions for several k-values. We also show that the dynamics of the tree sequence lead to a qualitative difference between the asymptotic behaviour of the lower and the upper end of the profile.

  • 出版日期2010-7