(data structure)
Definition: A priority queue implemented with a binary tree having the following restrictions:
Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
priority queue.
Aggregate child (... is a part of or used in me.)
binary tree, heap property.
See also leftist tree, heap.
Note: The subtree restriction means that when inserting at a leaf, the left subtree is always used before the right subtree. Favoring the left subtree tends to make the tree taller and thinner.
After [GBY91, pages 223-225].
Author: PEB
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Entry modified 16 November 2009.
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Paul E. Black, "binary priority queue", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
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