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b树中的m到底是什么

B-tree is another very popular search tree.
The node in a binary tree like AVL tree contains only one record. AVL tree is
commonly stored in primary memory. In database application, where huge volume
of data is handled, the search tree cannot be accommodated in primary memory.
B-trees are primarily meant for secondary storage.

A B-tree is a M-way tree. An M-way tree can
have maximum of M children.

Also Read: C Program for AVL Tree Implementation

Also Read: C Program to Create a Binary Tree Using Recursion [Linked Representation]

An M-way tree contains multiple keys in a
node. This leads to reduction in overall height of the tree. If a node of M-way
tree holds K number of keys then it will have K+1 children.

Definition

A B-tree of order M is a M-way search tree
with the following properties:

1. The root can have 1 to M-1 keys.

2. All nodes (except the root) have between [(M-1)/2]
and M-1 keys.

3. All leaves are at the same depth.

4. If a node has t number of children then
it must have (t-1) number of keys.

5. Keys of a node are sorted in ascending
order.

6. K0, K1, K2
. . . Kn-1 are the keys stored in the node. Subtrees are pointed by
P0, P1 . . . Pn then K0>= all
keys of the subtree P1

               .

               .

               .

               .

Kn-1 >= all keys of the
subtree Pn-1

Kn-1 < all keys of the
subtree Pn

An example of B-tree
of order 4 is shown below:

Representation of a node of B-tree

# define MAX 5

struct node;

struct pair

{

               node
*next;

               int
key;

};

struct node

{

               node
*first;

               node
*father;

               pair
data [MAX];

               int
noofkeys;

};

• Structure pair is being used to combine a

  key and the associated tree pointer.

• Class node can store a maximum of MAX pairs

  of (key, next). A node with MAX number of keys will give rise to MAX + 1 ways.

  The additional tree pointer is designated as ‘first’.

• ‘nooofkeys’ gives the actual number of keys

  stored in a node.

• The pointer ‘father’ points to the father

  of a node. ‘father’ pointer will be NULL for the root node.

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b树中的m到底是什么