Ok thanks,  employee hierarchy was just an example. I forgot that b-
trees dint need a id.

Thanks a lot.


On Jun 30, 11:20 am, "Nat Padmanabhan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> B-trees don't need any special node identifiers, as long as there is some
> ordering in the data you should be fine. For employees, names are not a bad
> idea - you are going to have dupes but that can be handled.
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Vandana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I have used arrays and I have implemented 'Case 1'  that I have
> > explained in my example.
> > Now I want to optimize it. To optimize the code I was thinking of B-
> > trees.
> > But the nodes dont have any unique identifier.  It can be thought of
> > as an employee hierarchy tree
> > where only the affliation to the parent node is important and needs to
> > be kept track of.
>
> > Would b-trees be the best way to implement this?
>
> > No this is not part of my homework.  :)
>
> > Thanks
>
> > On Jun 30, 11:07 am, "Venkatraman S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > what did you try before you ask it in the forum? Is this part of your
> > > homework?
>
> > > Venkat
>
> > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Vandana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hello All,
>
> > > > I would like to implement a tree with the following properties.
>
> > > > 1. The tree is balanced.
> > > > 2. Each node has a max of 7 sub nodes and min of ceil(7/2) sub nodes.
> > > > 3. Number of nodes known from the beginning.
>
> > > > How would I implement this? Is there a data structure that I can use?
>
> > > > Consider the following scenario: I have 16 nodes and I want to create
> > > > a balanced tree such that each sub_node has a max of 7 nodes.
> > > > (example) I can create the tree in the following 2 ways:
>
> > > > Case 1: Make a root node, with 3 sub_nodes, 2 sub_nodes have 7 leaf
> > > > nodes and the third sub_node of the root node has 2 leaf nodes.
>
> > > > Case 2: Make a root node, with 3 sub_nodes, distribute the leaf nodes
> > > > such that all 3 sub_nodes have 5 leaf nodes and 1 of them has an
> > > > extra.
>
> > > > I am interested in case 2.
>
> > > > I must first construct this and then
> > > > be able to move around the leaf nodes and ensure that this 'balance'
> > > > is not lost.
>
> > > > I know I have to use AVL principles of rotation, but since text books
> > > > explain only for binary trees, i need some help on it.
> > > > Any ideas will be most helpful.
>
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Vandana.
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