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Chapter Objectives
• Learn the various search algorithms• Explore how to implement the sequential and
binary search algorithms• Discover how the sequential and binary search
algorithms perform• Become aware of the lower bound on comparison-
based search algorithms• Learn about hashing
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class ArrayListClass: Basic Operations
• isEmpty• isFull• listSize• maxListSixe• Print• isItemAtEqual• insertAt• insertEnd
• removeAt• retrieveAt• replaceAt• clearList• seqSearch• insert• remove• copyList
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Search Algorithms
• Associated with each item in a data set is a special member (the key of the item) that uniquely identifies the item in the data set
• Keys are used in such operations as searching, sorting, insertion, and deletion
• Analysis of the algorithms enables programmers to decide which algorithm to use for a specific application
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Sequential Search
• Starts at the first element in the list• Continues until either the item is found in the list
or the entire list is searched• Works the same for both array-based and linked
lists
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Sequential Searchpublic int seqSearch(DataElement searchItem){ int loc; boolean found = false; for(loc = 0; loc < length; loc++) if(list[loc].equals(searchItem)) { found = true; break; } if(found) return loc; else return -1;}//end seqSearch
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Search Algorithms
• Search item: target• To determine the average number of comparisons
in the successful case of the sequential search algorithm:– Consider all possible cases
– Find the number of comparisons for each case
– Add the number of comparisons and divide by the number of cases
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Sequential Search AnalysisSuppose that there are n elements in the list. The following expression gives the average number of comparisons:
It is known that
Therefore, the following expression gives the average number of comparisons made by the sequential search in the successful case:
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Ordered Lists as Arrays
• List is ordered if its elements are ordered according to some criteria
• Elements of a list usually in ascending order• Define ordered list as an ADT
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Ordered Lists as Arrays
• Several operations can be performed on an ordered list; similar to the operations performed on an arbitrary list– Determining whether the list is empty or full– Determining the length of the list– Printing the list– Clearing the list
• Using inheritance, derive class to implement ordered lists from class ArrayListClass
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Binary Search Algorithm
• Very fast• Uses “divide and conquer” technique to search list • First, search item compared with middle element
of list• If the search item is less than middle element of
list, restrict the search to first half of list• Otherwise, search second half of list
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Binary Searchpublic int binarySearch(DataElement item){ int first = 0; int last = length - 1; int mid = -1; boolean found = false; while(first <= last && !found) { mid = (first + last) / 2; if(list[mid].equals(item)) found = true; else if(list[mid].compareTo(item) > 0) last = mid - 1; else first = mid + 1; } if(found) return mid; else return -1;}//end binarySearch
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Binary Search: Example
• Unsuccessful search
• Total number of comparisons is 6
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Performance of Binary Search
• Unsuccessful search– for a list of length n, a binary search makes
approximately 2*log2(n + 1) key comparisons
• Successful search– for a list of length n, on average, a binary search makes
2*log2n – 4 key comparisons
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Algorithm to Insert into an Ordered List
Use algorithm similar to binary search algorithm to findplace where item is to be inserted
if the item is already in this list output an appropriate messageelse use the method insertAt to insert the item in
the list
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Lower Bound on Comparison-Based Search
• Theorem: Let L be a list of size n > 1. Suppose that the elements of L are sorted. If SRH(n) denotes the minimum number of comparisons needed, in the worst case, by using a comparison-based algorithm to recognize whether an element x is in L, then SRH(n) = log2(n + 1).
• Corollary: The binary search algorithm is the optimal worst-case algorithm for solving search problems by the comparison method.
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Hashing
• Main objectives to choosing hash methods:– Choose a hash method that is easy to compute– Minimize the number of collisions
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Commonly Used Hash Methods
• Mid-Square– Hash method, h, computed by squaring the identifier
– Using appropriate number of bits from the middle of the square to obtain the bucket address
– Middle bits of a square usually depend on all the characters, it is expected that different keys will yield different hash addresses with high probability, even if some of the characters are the same
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Commonly Used Hash Methods
• Folding– Key X is partitioned into parts such that all the parts,
except possibly the last parts, are of equal length
– Parts then added, in convenient way, to obtain hash address
• Division (Modular arithmetic)– Key X is converted into an integer iX
– This integer divided by size of hash table to get remainder, giving address of X in HT
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Commonly Used Hash Methods
Suppose that each key is a string. The following Java method uses the division method to compute the address of the key:
int hashmethod(String insertKey){ int sum = 0; for(int j = 0; j <= insertKey.length(); j++) sum = sum + (int)(insertKey.charAt(j)); return (sum % HTSize);}//end hashmethod
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Collision Resolution
• Algorithms to handle collisions
• Two categories of collision resolution techniques– Open addressing (closed hashing)– Chaining (open hashing)
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Open Addressing: Linear Probing
• Suppose that an item with key X is to be inserted in HT
• Use hash function to compute index h(X) of item in HT
• Suppose h(X) = t. Then 0 = h(X) = HTSize – 1• If HT[t] is empty, store item into array slot.• Suppose HT[t] already occupied by another item;
collision occurs• Linear probing: starting at location t, search array
sequentially to find next available array slot
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Collision Resolution: Open Addressing
Pseudocode implementing linear probing:
hIndex = hashmethod(insertKey);found = false;while(HT[hIndex] != emptyKey && !found) if(HT[hIndex].key == key) found = true; else hIndex = (hIndex + 1) % HTSize;if(found) System.out.println(”Duplicate items not allowed”);else HT[hIndex] = newItem;
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Random Probing
• Uses a random number generator to find the next available slot
• ith slot in the probe sequence is: (h(X) + ri) % HTSize where ri is the ith value in a random permutation of the numbers 1 to HTSize – 1
• All insertions and searches use the same sequence of random numbers
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Quadratic Probing
• Reduces primary clustering• We do not know if it probes all the positions in the
table• When HTSize is prime, quadratic probing probes
about half the table before repeating the probe sequence
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Deletion: Open Addressing
• In open addressing, when an item is deleted, its position in the array cannot be marked as empty
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Chaining
• For each key X (in item), find h(X) = t, where 0 = t = HTSize – 1. Item with this key inserted in linked list (which may be empty) pointed to by HT[t].
• For nonidentical keys X1 and X2, if h(X1) = h(X2), items with keys X1 and X2 inserted in same linked list
• To delete an item R, from hash table, search hash table to find where in linked list R exists. Then adjust links at appropriate locations and delete R
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Linear Probing: Average Number of Comparisons
1. Successful search
2. Unsuccessful search
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Quadratic Probing: Average Number of Comparisons
1. Successful search
2. Unsuccessful search
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Chaining: Average Number of Comparisons
1. Successful search
2. Unsuccessful search