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Hashing techniques, a global approach

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A new method for more equitable comparison of various hash table techniques is presented. It is applied to some popular techniques: open addressing, coalescent chaining and separate chaining. Another method, indexed sub-tables, is also examined with more details and shown to present some interesting features.

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  1. Laboratoire D'Informatique Théorique, Université Libre De Bruxelles, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

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Devillers, R., Louchard, G. Hashing techniques, a global approach. BIT 19, 302–311 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01930984

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