Skip List - A Probabilistic Alternative to Balanced Trees

Recommendation

Not Recommended

Link

http://iamwww.unibe.ch/~wenger/DA/SkipList/

Delivery Method

Java Applet

License

Unlicensed Sourcecode

Language

English

Author

Thomas Wenger

Institution

University of Berne, Switzerland

Project

StandAlone

RelationshipToProject

StandAlone

Works

Yes

Description

A simple applet that lets you insert, search, and delete. When you enter a number to insert, it instantly updates the skiplist display to show the new skiplist. There is no ability to watch the algorithm operate.

Evaluation

Strengths: Simple interface, nice skiplist layout. Several sites link to this applet. You can quickly generate some different (random) skiplists. Weaknesses: Can't watch the skiplist algorithms operate. You give it a value to insert (or ask it to insert some random values) and you instantly get the resulting skiplist. So not good for student exploration, or understanding how the operations work.

ActivityLevel

User Data

GoodFor

Lecture Aid

Screenshots

Videos

References

HowToUse

First Visited

2006-06-23

Last Visited

2006-06-23

Last Updated

1997-11-17

Topic

SkipLists

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