Abstract
In nearest larger value (NLV) problems, we are given an array A[1..n] of distinct numbers, and need to preprocess A to answer queries of the following form: given any index i∈[1,n], return a "nearest" index j such that A[j]>A[i]. We consider the variant where the values in A are distinct, and we wish to return an index j such that A[j]>A[i] and |j-i| is minimized, the nondirectional NLV (NNLV) problem. We consider NNLV in the encoding model, where the array A is deleted after preprocessing.The NNLV encoding problem turns out to have an unexpectedly rich structure: the effective entropy (optimal space usage) of the problem depends crucially on details in the definition of the problem. Of particular interest is the tiebreaking rule: if there exist two nearest indices j1,j2 such that A[j1]>A[i] and A[j2]>A[i] and |j1-i|=|j2-i|, then which index should be returned? For the tiebreaking rule where the rightmost (i.e., largest) index is returned, we encode a path-compressed representation of the Cartesian tree that can answer all NNLV queries in 1.89997n+o(n) bits, and can answer queries in O(1) time. An alternative approach, based on forbidden patterns, achieves a very similar space bound for two tiebreaking rules (including the one where ties are broken to the right), and (for a more flexible tiebreaking rule) achieves 1.81211n+o(n) bits. Finally, we develop a fast method of counting distinguishable configurations for NNLV queries. Using this method, we prove a lower bound of 1.62309n-Θ(1) bits of space for NNLV encodings for the tiebreaking rule where the rightmost index is returned.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Journal | Theoretical Computer Science |
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| State | Accepted/In press - Jun 10 2016 |
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Keywords
- Data structures
- Encoding data structures
- Succinct data structures
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- Computer Science(all)
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Encoding nearest larger values. / Hoffmann, Michael; Iacono, John; Nicholson, Patrick K.; Raman, Rajeev.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Encoding nearest larger values
AU - Hoffmann, Michael
AU - Iacono, John
AU - Nicholson, Patrick K.
AU - Raman, Rajeev
PY - 2016/6/10
Y1 - 2016/6/10
N2 - In nearest larger value (NLV) problems, we are given an array A[1..n] of distinct numbers, and need to preprocess A to answer queries of the following form: given any index i∈[1,n], return a "nearest" index j such that A[j]>A[i]. We consider the variant where the values in A are distinct, and we wish to return an index j such that A[j]>A[i] and |j-i| is minimized, the nondirectional NLV (NNLV) problem. We consider NNLV in the encoding model, where the array A is deleted after preprocessing.The NNLV encoding problem turns out to have an unexpectedly rich structure: the effective entropy (optimal space usage) of the problem depends crucially on details in the definition of the problem. Of particular interest is the tiebreaking rule: if there exist two nearest indices j1,j2 such that A[j1]>A[i] and A[j2]>A[i] and |j1-i|=|j2-i|, then which index should be returned? For the tiebreaking rule where the rightmost (i.e., largest) index is returned, we encode a path-compressed representation of the Cartesian tree that can answer all NNLV queries in 1.89997n+o(n) bits, and can answer queries in O(1) time. An alternative approach, based on forbidden patterns, achieves a very similar space bound for two tiebreaking rules (including the one where ties are broken to the right), and (for a more flexible tiebreaking rule) achieves 1.81211n+o(n) bits. Finally, we develop a fast method of counting distinguishable configurations for NNLV queries. Using this method, we prove a lower bound of 1.62309n-Θ(1) bits of space for NNLV encodings for the tiebreaking rule where the rightmost index is returned.
AB - In nearest larger value (NLV) problems, we are given an array A[1..n] of distinct numbers, and need to preprocess A to answer queries of the following form: given any index i∈[1,n], return a "nearest" index j such that A[j]>A[i]. We consider the variant where the values in A are distinct, and we wish to return an index j such that A[j]>A[i] and |j-i| is minimized, the nondirectional NLV (NNLV) problem. We consider NNLV in the encoding model, where the array A is deleted after preprocessing.The NNLV encoding problem turns out to have an unexpectedly rich structure: the effective entropy (optimal space usage) of the problem depends crucially on details in the definition of the problem. Of particular interest is the tiebreaking rule: if there exist two nearest indices j1,j2 such that A[j1]>A[i] and A[j2]>A[i] and |j1-i|=|j2-i|, then which index should be returned? For the tiebreaking rule where the rightmost (i.e., largest) index is returned, we encode a path-compressed representation of the Cartesian tree that can answer all NNLV queries in 1.89997n+o(n) bits, and can answer queries in O(1) time. An alternative approach, based on forbidden patterns, achieves a very similar space bound for two tiebreaking rules (including the one where ties are broken to the right), and (for a more flexible tiebreaking rule) achieves 1.81211n+o(n) bits. Finally, we develop a fast method of counting distinguishable configurations for NNLV queries. Using this method, we prove a lower bound of 1.62309n-Θ(1) bits of space for NNLV encodings for the tiebreaking rule where the rightmost index is returned.
KW - Data structures
KW - Encoding data structures
KW - Succinct data structures
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