(data structure)
Definition: A binary search tree that stores consecutive values as intervals.
Also known as diet.
Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
binary search tree.
Note: Each node is an interval signifying consecutive values, instead of a single value. This saves space and time if there are many sets of consecutive values.
Author: PEB
Discrete Interval Encoding Trees with links to implementations. Abstract and links to full text of Diets for Fat Sets from Journal of Functional Programming, Vol. 8, No. 6, 1998.
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Entry modified 17 December 2004.
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Paul E. Black, "discrete interval encoding tree", in
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Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
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