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Improved Upper Bounds for Pairing Heaps

Data Structures and Algorithms 2014-01-23 v3

Abstract

Pairing heaps are shown to have constant amortized time Insert and Meld, thus showing that pairing heaps have the same amortized runtimes as Fibonacci heaps for all operations but Decrease-key.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1110.4428,
  title  = {Improved Upper Bounds for Pairing Heaps},
  author = {John Iacono},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.4428},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

Preliminary version appeared at the Seventh Scandinavian Workshop on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2000)

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