heap property
Heap property refers to a condition observed in certain data structures, such as a heap, where each parent node has a value greater than or equal to its children's values (in a max heap) or each parent node has a value less than or equal to its children's values (in a min heap). This property ensures that the highest (or lowest) priority element in the heap is always easily accessible and can be efficiently retrieved or removed.
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Related Concepts (19)
- binary heap implementation
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- d-ary heaps
- deletion in a binary heap
- fibonacci heaps
- graphical representation of binary heap
- heap sort algorithm
- insertion in a binary heap
- leftist heaps
- max-heap
- max-heaps
- merge heaps
- min-heaps
- priority queues
- sift down
- sift up
- skew heaps
- visualization of binary heap structure