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min-heap property

(definition)

Definition: Each node in a tree has a key which is greater than or equal to the key of its parent.

See also max-heap property, heap property.

Note: After LK.

Author: PEB


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Paul E. Black, "min-heap property", 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/minheapprop.html