[MINI] k-d trees


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2016-02-05

k-d Trees

This episode reviews the concept of k-d trees: an efficient data structure for holding multidimensional objects. Kyle gives Linhda a dictionary and asks her to look up words as a way of introducing the concept of binary search. We actually spend most of the episode talking about binary search before getting into k-d trees, but this is a necessary prerequisite.

For a solid example in Python, check out the SciPy Cookbook KDTree example