A Tight Amortized Bound for Path Reversal
Abstract
Path reversal is a form of path compression used in a disjoint set union algorithm and a mutual exclusion algorithm. We derive a tight upper bound on the amortized cost of path reversal.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA214690
Entities
People
- Daniel D. Sleator
- David Ginat
- Robert Tarjan
Organizations
- Princeton University