In this chapter, we use a search tree structure to efficiently implement a sorted map. The three most fundamental methods of a map M are M[k] implemented with __getitem, M[k] = v using __setitem__ and ...

Abstract: Alphabetic codes and binary search trees are combinatorial structures that abstract search procedures in ordered sets endowed with probability distributions. In this paper, we design new ...

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As a journalist who covers AI, I hear from countless people who seem utterly convinced that ChatGPT, Claude, or some other chatbot has achieved “sentience.” Or “consciousness.” Or—my personal favorite ...

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Helen Freund is the senior food and dining critic, reporting on and reviewing restaurants throughout Tampa Bay. Reach her at hfreund@tampabay.com. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but ...

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