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A Priority Queue is a data structure that retrieves elements based on their priority, similar to a hospital triage system. It supports operations such as insertion, peeking, and dequeuing, and can be implemented using various data structures like heaps or binary search trees. While it offers advantages like efficient processing and flexibility, it also comes with overhead and complexity, making it suitable for applications in task scheduling, network routing, and resource allocation.

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Priority-Queue

A Priority Queue is a data structure that retrieves elements based on their priority, similar to a hospital triage system. It supports operations such as insertion, peeking, and dequeuing, and can be implemented using various data structures like heaps or binary search trees. While it offers advantages like efficient processing and flexibility, it also comes with overhead and complexity, making it suitable for applications in task scheduling, network routing, and resource allocation.

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Topic: Priority Queue

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Priority Queue
Priority Queue is a data structure that allows
elements to be inserted and retrieved based on
their priority. It's similar to a regular queue, but
prioritizes elements for quicker access.
What is a Priority Queue?
A Priority Queue is a data structure that Each element in a priority queue has a
allows elements to be retrieved in order priority associated with it. Higher-
of their priority. Think of it like a hospital priority elements are retrieved before
triage where the most urgent patients lower-priority elements.
are seen first.
Operations on a Priority
Queue
1 Insert 2 Peek
Adds an element Returns the
to the queue with element with the
its associated highest priority
priority. without removing
Dequeue it from the queue.
3
Removes and returns the element with the highest pr
Implementing a Priority Queue
Priority queues can be implemented The choice of implementation depends
using various data structures like heaps, on the specific requirements and trade-
binary search trees, or sorted arrays. offs related to efficiency and space
complexity.
Priority Queue vs. Normal Queue
Normal Queue Priority Queue
Elements are processed in a Elements are processed based on their
First-In-First-Out (FIFO) order. priority, regardless of arrival order.
Advantages of Priority
Queues
Efficient Processing Flexibility
Prioritizes important Adapts to changing
tasks, leading to priorities, ensuring
faster processing that the most critical
and optimal tasks are handled
resource allocation. first.

Wide Applicability
Used in various scenarios like task
scheduling, event management, and resource
allocation.
Disadvantages of Priority
Queues

Overhead Complexity
Implementing priority Maintaining priority
queues can introduce can be complex,
overhead in terms of especially for large
space and computation datasets with dynamic
time. priorities.
Applications of Priority Queues
Operating Systems
1 Task scheduling and interrupt handling

Network Routing
2
Packet routing and congestion control

Graph Algorithms
3
Dijkstra's algorithm for finding shortest paths

Event Management
4
Handling events in order of their importance

Resource Allocation
5
Allocating resources to tasks based on their pri

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