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double-ended priority queue

(data structure)

Definition: A priority queue which simultaneously keeps track of the maximum and minimum keys, and supports operations efficiently on either extreme (minimum or maximum).

Note: After LK.

Author: PEB


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Paul E. Black, "double-ended priority queue", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/doubleendpq.html