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Glad you mentioned this. The author linked to my blog post, where I mention fast rank/select structures. There are faster ways to do it without a supporting str
by alexbowe 15y ago
Glad you mentioned this. The author linked to my blog post, where I mention fast rank/select structures. There are faster ways to do it without a supporting structure too of course :) but I do like this post.
I'm interested in what you use the WT for in your job... I'm just starting off my PhD in succinct data structures, so it's nice to know that people use them :P
- gorset 15y agoCool, WT and succinct data structures are definitely an interesting field these days. I'm primarily using as a compact order preserving structure to support fast lookups for both (token -> position) and (position -> token). I'm using an updatable variant to support O(1) appends, and then use it for realtime indexing/compression. I probably should do a blog post at one point... Would be interesting to hear about faster ways to do rank/select without using support structures... I'll keep an eye on your blog :-)
- alexbowe 15y agoYes you should do a blog post :) What is your blog address?
- ot 15y ago> I'm primarily using as a compact order preserving structure to support fast lookups for both (token -> position) and (position -> token). I'm using an updatable variant to support O(1) appends, and then use it for realtime indexing/compression. I probably should do a blog post at one point... That's very interesting, are you using raw or compressed bitmaps (such as RLE or RRR)? A limitation of (updatable) wavelet trees is that you need to know in advance the set of symbols that you will see (otherwise you would need to change the tree structure). Is it a problem for you? I wrote a paper with a solution to this problem, I can't share it until mid march, let me know if you are interested.
- gorset 15y agoMy solution is to use a fixed tree with bloated leaf nodes (use more bits per element in the leaf node). A high number of nodes with a low number of elements causes a high overhead, so I simply rebuild the tree at a few given thresholds to keep the overhad and the cost of the bloated leaf nodes down. We can discuss further by email, if you want. I'd love to read your paper! :-)
- alexbowe 15y agoI'm interested in the paper too of course :D
- ot 15y agoYour blog posts about wavelet trees (http://www.alexbowe.com/wavelet-trees http://www.alexbowe.com/wavelet-trees) and RRR (http://www.alexbowe.com/yarrr-me-hearties http://www.alexbowe.com/yarrr-me-hearties) are very clear and well written! I've been thinking of writing some blog posts myself for a long time, now I think I will just link to yours. EDIT: I think WTs should really have a page on Wikipedia...