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Priority Queues ( p_queue )

Definition

An instance Q of the parameterized data type p_queue<P,I> is a collection of items (type pq_item). Every item contains a priority from a linearly ordered type P and an information from an arbitrary type I. P is called the priority type of Q and I is called the information type of Q. The number of items in Q is called the size of Q. If Q has size zero it is called the empty priority queue. We use < p, i > to denote a pq_item with priority p and information i.

#include < LEDA/p _queue.h >

Types

p_queue<P,I>::item the item type.

p_queue<P,I>::prio_type the priority type.

p_queue<P,I>::inf_type the information type.

Creation

p_queue<P,I> Q creates an instance Q of type p_queue<P,I> based on the linear order defined by the global compare function compare(const P&, const P&) and initializes it with the empty priority queue.

p_queue<P,I> Q(int (*cmp)(P, P )) creates an instance Q of type p_queue<P,I> based on the linear order defined by the compare function cmp and initializes it with the empty priority queue. Precondition cmp must define a linear order on P.

Operations

P Q.prio(pq_item it) returns the priority of item it.
Precondition it is an item in Q.

I Q.inf(pq_item it) returns the information of item it.
Precondition it is an item in Q.

I& Q[pq_item it] returns a reference to the information of item it.
Precondition it is an item in Q.

pq_item Q.insert(P x, I i) adds a new item < x, i > to Q and returns it.

pq_item Q.find_min() returns an item with minimal priority (nil if Q is empty).

P Q.del_min() removes the item it = Q.find_min() from Q and returns the priority of it.
Precondition Q is not empty.

void Q.del_item(pq_item it) removes the item it from Q.
Precondition it is an item in Q.

void Q.change_inf(pq_item it, I i)
    makes i the new information of item it.
Precondition it is an item in Q.

void Q.decrease_p(pq_item it, P x)
    makes x the new priority of item it.
Precondition it is an item in Q and x is not larger then prio(it).

int Q.size() returns the size of Q.

bool Q.empty() returns true, if Q is empty, false otherwise.

void Q.clear() makes Q the empty priority queue.

Implementation

Priority queues are implemented by Fibonacci heaps [32]. Operations insert, del_item, del_min take time O(log n), find_min, decrease_p, prio, inf, empty take time O(1) and clear takes time O(n), where n is the size of Q. The space requirement is O(n).

Example

Dijkstra's Algorithm (cf. section Graph and network algorithms)


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2000-02-09