On Optimal Binary Search Trees
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چکیده
We present a new linear time heuristic for constructing binary search trees. The analysis of the algorithm, by establishing an upper bound on the cost of the produced binary search trees, permits to derive a limitation on the cost of optimal binary search trees. The obtained upper bound improve on previous results.
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