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A Linear-Time Approximation Algorithm for Rotation Distance

Data Structures and Algorithms 2018-03-19 v2

Abstract

Rotation distance between rooted binary trees measures the number of simple operations it takes to transform one tree into another. There are no known polynomial-time algorithms for computing rotation distance. We give an efficient, linear-time approximation algorithm, which estimates the rotation distance, within a provable factor of 2, between ordered rooted binary trees. .

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@article{arxiv.0903.0199,
  title  = {A Linear-Time Approximation Algorithm for Rotation Distance},
  author = {Sean Cleary and Katherine St. John},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.0199},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure

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