Word RAM




In theoretical computer science, the word RAM (word random access machine) model is a model of computation that is a random access machine able to do bitwise operations on a single word of w bits. The model was created by Michael Fredman and Dan Willard in 1990 to simulate programming languages like C.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Model


  • 2 Algorithms and data structures


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





Model


The word RAM model is an abstract machine similar to a random access machine, but with additional capabilities. It works with words of size up to w bits, meaning it can store integers up to size 2w{displaystyle 2^{w}}2^{w}. Because the model assumes that the word size matches the problem size, that is, for a problem of size n, w≥log⁡n{displaystyle wgeq log n}{displaystyle wgeq log n}, the word RAM model is a transdichotomous model. The model allows bitwise operations such as arithmetic and logical shifts to be done in constant time.[2] The number of possible values is U, where U≤2w{displaystyle Uleq 2^{w}}{displaystyle Uleq 2^{w}}.



Algorithms and data structures


In the word RAM model, integer sorting can be done fairly efficiently. Yijie Han and Mikkel Thorup created a randomized algorithm to sort integers in expected time of (in Big O notation) O(nlog⁡log⁡n){displaystyle O(n{sqrt {log log n}})}{displaystyle O(n{sqrt {log log n}})},[3] while Han also created a deterministic variant with running time O(nlog⁡log⁡n){displaystyle O(nlog log n)}{displaystyle O(nlog log n)}.[4]


The dynamic predecessor problem is also commonly analyzed in the word RAM model, and was the original motivation for the model. Dan Willard used y-fast tries to solve this in O(log⁡log⁡U){displaystyle O(log log U)}{displaystyle O(log log U)} time.[2]Michael Fredman and Willard also solved the problem using fusion trees in O(logw⁡n){displaystyle O(log _{w}n)}{displaystyle O(log _{w}n)} time.[1]



See also


  • Transdichotomous model


References





  1. ^ ab Fredman, Michael; Willard, Dan (1990). "Blasting through the information theoretic barrier with fusion trees". Symposium on Theory of Computing: 1–7..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab Wilkinson, Bryan (2015). Exploring the Problem Space of Orthogonal Range Searching (PDF) (PhD). Aarhus University.


  3. ^ Han, Yijie; Thorup, M. (2002), "Integer sorting in O(n√log log n) expected time and linear space", Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2002), IEEE Computer Society, pp. 135–144, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.671.5583, doi:10.1109/SFCS.2002.1181890, ISBN 978-0-7695-1822-0


  4. ^ Han, Yijie (2004), "Deterministic sorting in O(n log log n) time and linear space", Journal of Algorithms, 50 (1): 96–105, doi:10.1016/j.jalgor.2003.09.001, MR 2028585









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