The linear quotient hash code

  • Authors:
  • James R. Bell;Charles H. Kaman

  • Affiliations:
  • Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard;Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1970

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Abstract

A new method of hash coding is presented and is shown to possess desirable attributes. Specifically, the algorithm is simple, efficient, and exhaustive, while needing little time per probe and using few probes per lookup. Performance data and implementation hints are also given.