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Hash Tables, Maps and SetsChapter 15

Wherein we throw all the data into random array slots and somehow obtain

O(1) retrieval time


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Hash Tables

• Recall order of magnitude of searches– Linear search O(n)

– Binary search O(log2n)

– Balanced binary tree search O(log2n)

– Unbalanced binary tree can degrade to O(n)


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Hash Tables

• In some situations faster search is needed– Solution is to use a hash function– Value of key field given to hash function– Location in a hash table is calculated


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Hash Functions

• Simple function could be to mod the value of the key by some arbitrary integerint h(int i){ return i % someInt; }

• Note the max number of locations in the table will be same as someInt

• Note that we have traded speed for wasted space– Table must be considerably larger than number

of items anticipated


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Hash Functions

• Observe the problem with same value returned by h(i) for different values of i– Called collisions

• A simple solution is linear probing– Linear search begins at

collision location– Continues until empty

slot found for insertion


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Hash Functions

• When retrieving a valuelinear probe until found– If empty slot encountered

then value is not in table

• If deletions permitted – Slot can be marked so

it will not be empty and cause an invalid linear probe


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Hash Functions

• Strategies for improved performance– Increase table capacity (less collisions)– Use different collision resolution technique– Devise different hash function

• Hash table capacity– Size of table must be 1.5 to 2 times the size of

the number of items to be stored– Otherwise probability of collisions is too high


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Collision Strategies

• Linear probing can result in primary clustering

• Consider quadratic probing– Probe sequence from location i is

i + 1, i – 1, i + 4, i – 4, i + 9, i – 9, …– Secondary clusters can still form

• Double hashing – Use a second hash function to determine probe

sequence


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Collision Strategies

• Chaining– Table is a list or vector of head nodes to linked

lists– When item hashes to location, it is added to that

linked list


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Improving the Hash Function

• Ideal hash function– Simple to evaluate– Scatters items uniformly throughout table

• Modulo arithmetic not so good for strings– Possible to manipulate numeric (ASCII) value of

first and last characters of a name


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Implementations

Hash TableResizable

ArrayBalanced

TreeLinked

List

Hash Table + Linked

List

Interfaces

Set HashSet TreeSet LinkedHashSet

List ArrayList LinkedList

Map HashMap TreeMap LinkedHashMap

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/TreeSet.html

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/LinkedHashSet.html

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/LinkedList.html

• HashMap -- an associative data structure

• HashSet -- a container for holding values

• TreeMap – just like HashMap only items are ordered by key (internal red-black tree)


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the Map Interface

• Map ADT methods:– get(k): if the map M has an entry with key k, return

its associated value; else, return null – put(k, v): insert entry (k, v) into the map M; if key k

is not already in M, then return null; else, return old value associated with k

– remove(k): if the map M has an entry with key k, remove it from M and return its associated value; else, return null

– size(), isEmpty()– keys(): return an iterator of the keys in M– values(): return an iterator of the values in M

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the Set Interface

• Set ADT methods:– add(o): Adds the specified element to this set if it

is not already present. Returns true if the set does not already contain element (new item added)

– contains(o): returnts true if the set contains the specified element

– remove(o): Removes the specified element from this set if it is present. Returns true if the set contained the specified element

– size(), isEmpty()


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Using “Chaining” to resolve collisions

• A linked list in every cell of array

• No rehashing required

• Unlimited collisions can be handled

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