balanced binary tree

(data structure)

Definition: A binary tree where no leaf is more than a certain amount farther from the root than any other. After inserting or deleting a node, the tree may rebalanced with "rotations."

Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
binary tree.

Specialization (... is a kind of me.)
AVL tree, red-black tree, B-tree, balanced binary search tree.

Aggregate child (... is a part of or used in me.)
left rotation, right rotation.

See also BB(α) tree, height-balanced tree.

Author: PEB

Implementation

red-black tree analysis, explanation, examples, and code (C). Ben Pfaff's AVL tree explanation (C).

More information

AVL tree explanation and example

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Entry modified 23 May 2011.
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Paul E. Black, "balanced binary tree", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 23 May 2011. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/balancedbitr.html