Optimal Binary Search Tree Problem (Optimal Binary Search Trees)

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Description

Suppose we are given $n$ keys and the probabilities of accessing each key and those occurring in the gap between two successive keys. The optimal binary search tree problem is to construct a binary search tree on these $n$ keys that minimizes the expected access time.

Related Problems

Subproblem: Approximate OBST, Huffman Encoding, Alphabetic Tree Problem

Related: Huffman Encoding, Alphabetic Tree Problem

Parameters

$n$: number of elements

Table of Algorithms

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