Prefix search with a lie (Q1102755)
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Prefix search with a lie (English)
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1988
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We investigate the problem of finding an unknown leaf in a full binary tree, allowing the questioner to ask only queries whether the hidden leaf is in a given full subtree and assuming that one of the opponent's answers may be erroneous. We give the worst-case minimal number of queries sufficient to perform this search and provide an optimal algorithm.
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full binary tree
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