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Optimal query/update tradeoffs in versioned dictionaries

Data Structures and Algorithms 2015-03-19 v2 Databases

Abstract

External-memory dictionaries are a fundamental data structure in file systems and databases. Versioned (or fully-persistent) dictionaries have an associated version tree where queries can be performed at any version, updates can be performed on leaf versions, and any version can be `cloned' by adding a child. Various query/update tradeoffs are known for unversioned dictionaries, many of them with matching upper and lower bounds. No fully-versioned external-memory dictionaries are known with optimal space/query/update tradeoffs. In particular, no versioned constructions are known that offer updates in o(1)o(1) I/Os using O(N) space. We present the first cache-oblivious and cache-aware constructions that achieve a wide range of optimal points on this tradeoff.

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@article{arxiv.1103.2566,
  title  = {Optimal query/update tradeoffs in versioned dictionaries},
  author = {Andrew Byde and Andy Twigg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.2566},
  year   = {2015}
}
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