Separate Chaining In Data Structures
SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY
[Link] .K MEGHALA MADDULA
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 24261DA907
CSE DEPT [Link] I SEM AI
CONTENTS
• Introduction to Separate Chaining
• Key Concepts of Separate Chaining
• Operations
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Applications
• Example
Introduction to Separate Chaining
• Separate chaining is a technique to handle collisions in hash tables.
• Involves using a linked list at each index to store multiple entries.
• Provides a way to manage keys that hash to the same index.
Key Concepts of Separate Chaining
• Hash Function: Maps keys to indices in the hash table.
• Collision Handling: Uses a linked list to handle collisions.
• Bucket: Each index contains a linked list for storage.
Operations
• Insert: Add key-value pairs to the linked list.
• Search: Traverse the list at the index to find the key.
Example
Consider the keys to be placed in their home buckets are 131, 3, 21, 61, 7, 97, 9
we will apply a hash function as H(key) = key % D
Where D is the size of table. The hash table will be Here D = 10
Advantages
• Dynamic growth of linked lists.
• Simple to implement and widely used.
• Efficient with good hash functions and moderate load factors.
Disadvantages
• Additional memory required for pointers.
• Poor performance if lists become long due to clustering or poor hash
functions.
Applications
• Used in implementing hash tables for:
Dictionaries
Caches
Databases
• Common in scenarios where collisions are expected.
THANK YOU