Space Efficient Hash Tables with Worst Case Constant Access Time

@article{Fotakis2004SpaceEH,
  title={Space Efficient Hash Tables with Worst Case Constant Access Time},
  author={Dimitris Fotakis and R. Pagh and Peter Sanders and Paul G. Spirakis},
  journal={Theory of Computing Systems},
  year={2004},
  volume={38},
  pages={229-248}
}
Abstract We generalize Cuckoo Hashing to d-ary Cuckoo Hashing and show how this yields a simple hash table data structure that stores n elements in (1 + ε)n memory cells, for any constant ε > 0. Assuming uniform hashing, accessing or deleting table entries takes at most d=O (ln (1/ε)) probes and the expected amortized insertion time is constant. This is the first dictionary that has worst case constant access time and expected constant update time, works with (1 + ε)n space, and supports… 
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