The k-d tree data structure and a proof for neighborhood computation in expected logarithmic time
Data Structures and Algorithms
2019-03-13 v1
Abstract
For practical applications, any neighborhood concept imposed on a finite point set P is not of any use if it cannot be computed efficiently. Thus, in this paper, we give an introduction to the data structure of k-d trees, first presented by Friedman, Bentley, and Finkel in 1977. After a short introduction to the data structure (Section 1), we turn to the proof of efficiency by Friedman and his colleagues (Section 2). The main contribution of this paper is the translation of the proof of Freedman, Bentley, and Finkel into modern terms and the elaboration of the proof.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1903.04936,
title = {The k-d tree data structure and a proof for neighborhood computation in expected logarithmic time},
author = {Martin Skrodzki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.04936},
year = {2019}
}