What are Disjoint Sets?

Disjoint Sets are a data structure that maintains a collection of disjoint (non-overlapping) sets. The main operations supported by Disjoint Sets are:

1. MakeSet(x): Creates a new set containing the element ‘x’ and m...

• MAKESET(X): Creates a new set containing a single element X.

• UNION(X, Y): Creates a new set containing the elements X and Y in their union and deletes the sets containing the elements X and Y.

• FIND(X): Returns the name of the set ...

• To represent network connectivity

In computer networks, disjoint sets are frequently used to illustrate network connectedness. Each network node or device is viewed as an element in this application, and the sets represent interconnected parts....

Tradeoffs in Implementing Disjoint Sets ADT

Implementing the Disjoint Sets ADT involves making choices on how to perform the ‘MakeSet’, ‘Find’, and ‘Union’ operations efficiently. Different strategies come with different tradeoffs in terms of tim...

The C++ Standard Template Library (STL) provides a set container that is a part of the associative container class templates. The set is an ordered collection of unique elements in which the elements are stored in a specific order based on a compariso...