Beschreibung:
The aim of this book is to provide a thorough introduction to various aspects of trees in random settings and a systematic treatment of the mathematical analysis techniques involved. It should serve as a reference book as well as a basis for future research.
The aim of this book is to provide a thorough introduction to various aspects of trees in random settings and a systematic treatment of the mathematical analysis techniques involved. It should serve as a reference book as well as a basis for future research.
Classes of Random Trees.- Generating Functions.- Advanced Tree Counting.- The Shape of Galton-Watson Trees and Pólya Trees.- The Vertical Profile of Trees.- Recursive Trees and Binary Search Trees.- Tries and Digital Search Trees.- Recursive Algorithms and the Contraction Method.- Planar Graphs.
Trees are a fundamental object in graph theory and combinatorics as well as a basic object for data structures and algorithms in computer science. During the last years research related to (random) trees has been constantly increasing and several asymptotic and probabilistic techniques have been developed in order to describe characteristics of interest of large trees in different settings.