AVL Trees ITCS 6114 Algorithms and Data Structures

AVL Trees ITCS 6114 Algorithms and Data Structures

Balanced and unbalanced BST 1 4 2 2 5 3 1 4 4 6 3 Is this “balanced”? 5 2 1 3 5 6 7 7 AVL Trees 2

Perfect Balance • Want a complete tree after every operation › tree is full except possibly in the lower right • This is expensive › For example, insert 2 in the tree on the left and then rebuild as a complete tree 6 5 4 1 9 5 Insert 2 & complete tree 8 1 AVL Trees 2 8 4 6 9 3

AVL - Good but not Perfect Balance • AVL trees are height-balanced binary search trees • Balance factor of a node › height(left subtree) - height(right subtree) • An AVL tree has balance factor calculated at every node › For every node, heights of left and right subtree can differ by no more than 1 › Store current heights in each node AVL Trees 4

Node Heights Tree A (AVL) height=2 BF=1 -0=1 6 1 4 Tree B (AVL) 2 0 1 9 4 6 1 9 0 0 0 1 5 8 height of node = h balance factor = hleft-hright empty height = -1 AVL Trees 5

Node Heights after Insert 7 Tree A (AVL) 2 6 1 4 Tree B (not AVL) balance factor 1 -(-1) = 2 3 1 1 9 4 6 2 9 0 0 0 1 1 5 7 1 5 8 -1 0 height of node = h balance factor = hleft-hright empty height = -1 AVL Trees 7 6

Insert and Rotation in AVL Trees • Insert operation may cause balance factor to become 2 or – 2 for some node › only nodes on the path from insertion point to root node have possibly changed in height › So after the Insert, go back up to the root node by node, updating heights › If a new balance factor (the difference hlefthright) is 2 or – 2, adjust tree by rotation around the node AVL Trees 7

Single Rotation in an AVL Tree 2 6 6 1 2 4 2 1 9 4 1 8 0 0 1 5 8 1 5 7 9 0 7 AVL Trees 8

Insertions in AVL Trees Let the node that needs rebalancing be . There are 4 cases: Outside Cases (require single rotation) : 1. Insertion into left subtree of left child of . 2. Insertion into right subtree of right child of . Inside Cases (require double rotation) : 3. Insertion into right subtree of left child of . 4. Insertion into left subtree of right child of . The rebalancing is performed through four separate rotation algorithms. AVL Trees 9

AVL Insertion: Outside Case j Consider a valid AVL subtree k h h h X Z Y AVL Trees 10

AVL Insertion: Outside Case j k h+1 X Inserting into X destroys the AVL property at node j h h Z Y AVL Trees 11

AVL Insertion: Outside Case j k h+1 X Do a “right rotation” h h Z Y AVL Trees 12

Single right rotation j k h+1 X Do a “right rotation” h h Z Y AVL Trees 13

Outside Case Completed “Right rotation” done! (“Left rotation” is mirror symmetric) k j h+1 h h X Y Z AVL property has been restored! AVL Trees 14

AVL Insertion: Inside Case j Consider a valid AVL subtree k h h h X Z Y AVL Trees 15

AVL Insertion: Inside Case Inserting into Y destroys the AVL property at node j j k h h X Does “right rotation” restore balance? h+1 Z Y AVL Trees 16

AVL Insertion: Inside Case k j h X “Right rotation” does not restore balance… now k is out of balance h h+1 Y AVL Trees Z 17

AVL Insertion: Inside Case Consider the structure of subtree Y… j k h h X h+1 Z Y AVL Trees 18

AVL Insertion: Inside Case j Y = node i and subtrees V and W k h i h X h+1 Z h or h-1 V W AVL Trees 19

AVL Insertion: Inside Case j We will do a left-right “double rotation”. . . k Z i X V W AVL Trees 20

Double rotation : first rotation j i k X left rotation complete Z W V AVL Trees 21

Double rotation : second rotation j i k X Now do a right rotation Z W V AVL Trees 22

Double rotation : second rotation right rotation complete Balance has been restored i j k h h h or h-1 X V W AVL Trees Z 23

Implementation balance (1, 0, -1) key left right No need to keep the height; just the difference in height, i. e. the balance factor; this has to be modified on the path of insertion even if you don’t perform rotations Once you have performed a rotation (single or double) you won’t need to go back up the tree AVL Trees 24

Insertion in AVL Trees • Insert at the leaf (as for all BST) › only nodes on the path from insertion point to root node have possibly changed in height › So after the Insert, go back up to the root node by node, updating heights › If a new balance factor (the difference hlefthright) is 2 or – 2, adjust tree by rotation around the node AVL Trees 25

Insert in AVL trees Insert(T : reference tree pointer, x : element) : { if T = null then {T : = new tree; T. data : = x; height : = 0; return; } case T. data = x : return ; //Duplicate do nothing T. data > x : Insert(T. left, x); if ((height(T. left)- height(T. right)) = 2){ if (T. left. data > x ) then //outside case T = Rotatefrom. Left (T); else //inside case T = Double. Rotatefrom. Left (T); } T. data < x : Insert(T. right, x); code similar to the left case Endcase T. height : = max(height(T. left), height(T. right)) +1; return; } AVL Trees 26

Example of Insertions in an AVL Tree 2 0 10 20 Insert 5, 40 1 0 25 30 0 35 AVL Trees 27

Example of Insertions in an AVL Tree 2 1 10 20 0 0 5 25 1 1 30 10 0 35 0 20 5 3 2 30 0 1 25 35 0 Now Insert 45 AVL Trees 40 28

Single rotation (outside case) 3 1 10 20 0 0 5 25 2 1 30 10 2 0 35 5 20 3 2 30 0 40 1 25 0 Imbalance 35 1 40 0 45 AVL Trees 0 45 Now Insert 34 29

Double rotation (inside case) 3 1 20 10 0 5 Imbalance 0 3 1 30 10 2 40 0 25 20 3 2 35 1 5 40 1 30 0 1 Insertion of 34 0 35 45 0 0 25 34 45 34 AVL Trees 30

AVL Tree Deletion • Similar but more complex than insertion › Rotations and double rotations needed to rebalance › Imbalance may propagate upward so that many rotations may be needed. AVL Trees 31

Pros and Cons of AVL Trees Arguments for AVL trees: 1. Search is O(log N) since AVL trees are always balanced. 2. Insertion and deletions are also O(logn) 3. The height balancing adds no more than a constant factor to the speed of insertion. Arguments against using AVL trees: 1. Difficult to program & debug; more space for balance factor. 2. Asymptotically faster but rebalancing costs time. 3. Most large searches are done in database systems on disk and use other structures (e. g. B-trees). AVL Trees 32