Containers::Heap

A Heap is a container that satisfies the heap property that nodes are always smaller in value than their parent node.

The Containers::Heap class is flexible and upon initialization, takes an optional block that determines how the items are ordered. Two versions that are included are the Containers::MaxHeap and Containers::MinHeap that return the largest and smallest items on each invocation, respectively.

This library implements a Fibonacci heap, which allows O(1) complexity for most methods.

Methods

Public Class

Included modules

Enumerable

Public Instance Aliases

<<	->	push
length	->	size
next!	->	pop

Public Class methods

Heap.new(optional_array) { |x, y| optional_comparison_fn } -> new_heap

If an optional array is passed, the entries in the array are inserted into the heap with equal key and value fields. Also, an optional block can be passed to define the function that maintains heap property. For example, a min-heap can be created with:

minheap = Heap.new { |x, y| (x <=> y) == -1 }
minheap.push(6)
minheap.push(10)
minheap.pop #=> 6

Thus, smaller elements will be parent nodes. The heap defaults to a min-heap if no block is given.

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# File lib/containers/heap.rb, line 38
def initialize(ary=[], &block)
  @compare_fn = block || lambda { |x, y| (x <=> y) == -1 }
  @next = nil
  @size = 0
  @stored = {}
  
  ary.each { |n| push(n) } unless ary.empty?
end

Public Instance methods

change_key(key, new_key) -> [new_key, value]

change_key(key, new_key) -> nil

Changes the key from one to another. Doing so must not violate the heap property or an exception will be raised. If the key is found, an array containing the new key and value pair is returned, otherwise nil is returned.

In the case of duplicate keys, an arbitrary key is changed. This will be investigated more in the future.

Complexity: amortized O(1)

minheap = MinHeap.new([1, 2])
minheap.change_key(2, 3) #=> raise error since we can't increase the value in a min-heap
minheap.change_key(2, 0) #=> [0, 2]
minheap.pop #=> 2
minheap.pop #=> 1

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# File lib/containers/heap.rb, line 262
def change_key(key, new_key, delete=false)
  return if @stored[key].nil? || @stored[key].empty? || (key == new_key)
  
  # Must maintain heap property
  raise "Changing this key would not maintain heap property!" unless (delete || @compare_fn[new_key, key])
  node = @stored[key].shift
  if node
    node.key = new_key
    @stored[new_key] ||= []
    @stored[new_key] << node
    parent = node.parent
    if parent
      # if heap property is violated
      if delete || @compare_fn[new_key, parent.key]
        cut(node, parent)
        cascading_cut(parent)
      end
    end
    if delete || @compare_fn[node.key, @next.key]
      @next = node
    end
    return [node.key, node.value]
  end
  nil
end

clear -> nil

Removes all elements from the heap, destructively.

Complexity: O(1)

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# File lib/containers/heap.rb, line 143
def clear
  @next = nil
  @size = 0
  @stored = {}
  nil
end

delete(key) -> value

delete(key) -> nil

Deletes the item with associated key and returns it. nil is returned if the key is not found. In the case of nodes with duplicate keys, an arbitrary one is deleted.

Complexity: amortized O(log n)

minheap = MinHeap.new([1, 2])
minheap.delete(1) #=> 1
minheap.size #=> 1

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# File lib/containers/heap.rb, line 300
def delete(key)
  pop if change_key(key, nil, true)
end

empty? -> true or false

Returns true if the heap is empty, false otherwise.

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# File lib/containers/heap.rb, line 154
def empty?
  @next.nil?
end

has_key?(key) -> true or false

Returns true if heap contains the key.

Complexity: O(1)

minheap = MinHeap.new([1, 2])
minheap.has_key?(2) #=> true
minheap.has_key?(4) #=> false

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# File lib/containers/heap.rb, line 101
def has_key?(key)
  @stored[key] && !@stored[key].empty? ? true : false
end

merge!(otherheap) -> merged_heap

Does a shallow merge of all the nodes in the other heap.

Complexity: O(1)

heap = MinHeap.new([5, 6, 7, 8])
otherheap = MinHeap.new([1, 2, 3, 4])
heap.merge!(otherheap)
heap.size #=> 8
heap.pop #=> 1

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# File lib/containers/heap.rb, line 170
def merge!(otherheap)
  raise ArgumentError, "Trying to merge a heap with something not a heap" unless otherheap.kind_of? Containers::Heap
  other_root = otherheap.instance_variable_get("@next")
  if other_root
    @stored = @stored.merge(otherheap.instance_variable_get("@stored")) { |key, a, b| (a << b).flatten }
    # Insert othernode's @next node to the left of current @next
    @next.left.right = other_root
    ol = other_root.left
    other_root.left = @next.left
    ol.right = @next
    @next.left = ol
    
    @next = other_root if @compare_fn[other_root.key, @next.key]
  end
  @size += otherheap.size
end

next -> value

next -> nil

Returns the value of the next item in heap order, but does not remove it.

Complexity: O(1)

minheap = MinHeap.new([1, 2])
minheap.next #=> 1
minheap.size #=> 2

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# File lib/containers/heap.rb, line 116
def next
  @next && @next.value
end

next_key -> key

next_key -> nil

Returns the key associated with the next item in heap order, but does not remove the value.

Complexity: O(1)

minheap = MinHeap.new
minheap.push(1, :a)
minheap.next_key #=> 1

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# File lib/containers/heap.rb, line 132
def next_key
  @next && @next.key
end

pop -> value

pop -> nil

Returns the value of the next item in heap order and removes it from the heap.

Complexity: O(1)

minheap = MinHeap.new([1, 2])
minheap.pop #=> 1
minheap.size #=> 1

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# File lib/containers/heap.rb, line 198
def pop
  return nil unless @next
  popped = @next
  if @size == 1
    clear
    return popped.value
  end
  # Merge the popped's children into root node
  if @next.child
    @next.child.parent = nil
    
    # get rid of parent
    sibling = @next.child.right
    until sibling == @next.child
      sibling.parent = nil
      sibling = sibling.right
    end
    
    # Merge the children into the root. If @next is the only root node, make its child the @next node
    if @next.right == @next
      @next = @next.child
    else
      next_left, next_right = @next.left, @next.right
      current_child = @next.child
      @next.right.left = current_child
      @next.left.right = current_child.right
      current_child.right.left = next_left
      current_child.right = next_right
      @next = @next.right
    end
  else
    @next.left.right = @next.right
    @next.right.left = @next.left
    @next = @next.right
  end
  consolidate
  
  unless @stored[popped.key].delete(popped)
    raise "Couldn't delete node from stored nodes hash" 
  end
  @size -= 1
  
  popped.value
end

push(key, value) -> value

push(value) -> value

Inserts an item with a given key into the heap. If only one parameter is given, the key is set to the value.

Complexity: O(1)

heap = MinHeap.new
heap.push(1, "Cat")
heap.push(2)
heap.pop #=> "Cat"
heap.pop #=> 2

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# File lib/containers/heap.rb, line 61
def push(key, value=key)
  raise ArgumentError, "Heap keys must not be nil." unless key
  node = Node.new(key, value)
  # Add new node to the left of the @next node
  if @next
    node.right = @next
    node.left = @next.left
    node.left.right = node
    @next.left = node
    if @compare_fn[key, @next.key]
      @next = node
    end
  else
    @next = node
  end
  @size += 1
  
  arr = []
  w = @next.right
  until w == @next do
    arr << w.value
    w = w.right
  end
  arr << @next.value
  @stored[key] ||= []
  @stored[key] << node
  value
end

size -> int

Return the number of elements in the heap.

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# File lib/containers/heap.rb, line 19
def size
  @size
end

class Containers::Heap

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