• DocumentCode
    2243304
  • Title

    On the complexity of a game related to the dictionary problem

  • Author

    Mehlhorn, Kurt ; Näher, Stefan ; Rauch, Monika

  • Author_Institution
    FB Inf., Saarlandes Univ., Saarbruecken, West Germany
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    30 Oct-1 Nov 1989
  • Firstpage
    546
  • Lastpage
    548
  • Abstract
    A game on trees, which is related to the dictionary problem is considered. There are two players A and B who take turns. Player A models the user of the dictionary, and player B models its implementation. Player A modifies the tree by adding new leaves, and player B modifies the tree by replacing subtrees. The cost of an insertion is the depth of the new leaf, and the cost of an update is the size of the subtree replaced. The goal of player A is to maximize cost, and the goal of B is to minimize it. It is shown that there is a strategy for player A that forces a cost of Ω(n log log n ) for an n-game, that is, a game consisting of n turns of both players, and a strategy for player B that keeps the cost in O(n log log n)
  • Keywords
    data structures; game theory; search problems; trees (mathematics); computational complexity; dictionary problem; insertion; update; Costs; Dictionaries;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Foundations of Computer Science, 1989., 30th Annual Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Research Triangle Park, NC
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-1982-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SFCS.1989.63532
  • Filename
    63532