Skip lists: a probabilistic alternative to balanced trees

Key Points

• The aim is to evaluate the efficiency of skip lists compared to balanced trees in data structure operations.
• Analyzed the algorithms for insertion and deletion in skip lists versus balanced trees.
• Discussed the probabilistic balancing mechanism of skip lists.
• Compared the computational complexity of each algorithm.
• Skip lists provide significantly faster insertion and deletion compared to balanced trees.
• The algorithms for skip lists are simpler to implement than those for balanced trees.

Abstract