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OPTIMAL BINARY SEARCH TREE

Let us assume that the given set of identifiers is {a1, . . . , an} with a1 < a2 < . . . . < an.

Let p (i) be the probability with which we search for ai.

Let q (i) be the probability that the identifier x being searched for is such that ai < x < ai+1,
0 < i < n (assume a0 = - ∞ and an+1 = +∞).

We have to arrange the identifiers in a binary search tree in a way that minimizes the
expected total access time.

In a binary search tree, the number of comparisons needed to access an element at depth
'd' is d + 1, so if 'ai' is placed at depth 'di', then we want to minimize:

∑ p i(1+d i)
i=1

Let P (i) be the probability with which we shall be searching for 'ai'.

Let Q (i) be the probability of an un-successful search. Every internal node represents a
point where a successful search may terminate. Every external node represents a point
where an unsuccessful search may terminate.

pi(1+di)
The expected cost contribution for the internal node for 'ai' is:
P (i) * level (ai ) .
Unsuccessful search terminate with I = 0 (i.e at an external node). Hence the cost
contribution for this node is:
Q (i) * level ((Ei) - 1)

The expected cost of binary search tree is:

n n

∑ p ( i )∗level ( ai)+∑ Q ( i )∗level (( Ei ) −1)


i=1 i=0
Given a fixed set of identifiers, we wish to create a binary search tree organization. We
may expect different binary search trees for the same identifier set to have different
performance characteristics.

The computation of each of these c(i, j)’s requires us to find the minimum of m
quantities. Hence, each such c(i, j) can be computed in time O(m). The total time for all
c(i, j)’s with j – i = m is therefore O(nm – m2).

The total time to evaluate all the c(i, j)’s and r(i, j)’s is therefore:

∑( nm-m ) 2

1 ≤m ≤ n

Example 1: The possible binary search trees for the identifier set (a1, a2, a3) = (do, if,
stop) are as follows. Given the equal probabilities p (i) = Q (i) = 1/7 for all i, we have
Cost (tree #1) = ( 1/7 * 1 + 1/7 * 2 + 1/7 *3 )+

( 1/7 * 1 + 1/7 * 2 + 1/7 *3 + 1/7 * 3)


= (1+2+3)/7 + (1+2+3+3)/7

=6/7 + 9/7

= 15/7

Cost (tree #2) = ( 1/7 * 1 + 1/7 * 2 + 1/7 *2 )+

( 1/7 * 2 + 1/7 * 2 + 1/7 *2 + 1/7 * 2)


= (1+2+2)/7 + (2+2+2+2)/7

= 5/7 + 8/7

= 13/7

Cost (tree #3) = ( 1/7 * 1 + 1/7 * 2 + 1/7 *3 )+

( 1/7 * 1 + 1/7 * 2 + 1/7 *3 + 1/7 * 3)


= (1+2+3)/7 + (1+2+3+3)/7

= 6/7 + 9/7

= 15/7

Cost (tree #4) = ( 1/7 * 1 + 1/7 * 2 + 1/7 *3 )+

( 1/7 * 1 + 1/7 * 2 + 1/7 *3 + 1/7 * 3)


= (1+2+3)/7 + (1+2+3+3)/7

= 6/7 + 9/7

= 15/7

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