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I am interested in data structures that support efficient searching of various kinds.

When I read the Wikipedia page of "search data structure", it says "Useful search data structures allow faster retrieval; however, they are limited to queries of some specific kind". So, obviously, there exists a correlation of one specific data structure and the searching operations it supports. For example, k-d tree supports efficient query of multiple-dimensional data.

Of course, the data structures I am thinking about are not limited to arrays or trees. They can also be graphs or more advanced structures.

I am new to this field. So I am wondering if anyone can recommend some books or review papers that summarize different search/query data structures.

Thanks in advance.

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    $\begingroup$ Each data structure has its own pro's as well as con's . If you provide more specific information that would be better like where you want to use it etc. $\endgroup$
    – user35837
    Aug 16, 2017 at 15:35
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, I agree that each data structure has its own pros and cons. That's why each data structure is designed for supporting one or more queries efficiently. I am looking for a review or summary of " what data structure supports what queries". $\endgroup$
    – Paradox
    Aug 16, 2017 at 16:19
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    – Raphael
    Aug 16, 2017 at 19:55

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I highly recommend MIT course on Advanced Data Structures, I was watching Eric Demaines lectures, he shows multiple examples, here are some of them:

Here some suggested reading from their website:

MIT course

YouTube lectures

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