Cover Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java
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Leftist Heaps

 

A leftist heap is a heap-ordered binary tree which has a very special shape called a leftist tree. One of the nice properties of leftist heaps is that is possible to merge two leftist heaps efficiently. As a result, leftist heaps are suited for the implementation of mergeable priority queues.




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