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The value of a [[node]] is obtained by using 0 as the [[binary traversal]] key (i.e [[association]] which actually means not to traverse anywhere at all). A node's ''focus'' is the item in its [[loop]] which will receive the next [[quantum]] of execution from [[nodal reduction]].
 
The value of a [[node]] is obtained by using 0 as the [[binary traversal]] key (i.e [[association]] which actually means not to traverse anywhere at all). A node's ''focus'' is the item in its [[loop]] which will receive the next [[quantum]] of execution from [[nodal reduction]].
  
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The node from which a [[quantum]] arrives is a node's [[parent]] and is accessed via the [[nodePARENT]] association. The value of ''nodePARENT'' is maintained by [[nodal reduction]] rather than by the loop insert/remove functions so that moving a node from one node's focus to another's is an O<sub>1</sub>.
 
The node from which a [[quantum]] arrives is a node's [[parent]] and is accessed via the [[nodePARENT]] association. The value of ''nodePARENT'' is maintained by [[nodal reduction]] rather than by the loop insert/remove functions so that moving a node from one node's focus to another's is an O<sub>1</sub>.

Revision as of 08:42, 12 November 2006

The value of a node is obtained by using 0 as the binary traversal key (i.e association which actually means not to traverse anywhere at all). A node's focus is the item in its loop which will receive the next quantum of execution from nodal reduction.

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The node from which a quantum arrives is a node's parent and is accessed via the nodePARENT association. The value of nodePARENT is maintained by nodal reduction rather than by the loop insert/remove functions so that moving a node from one node's focus to another's is an O1.