Tree Traversal
Tree traversal, also known as tree search or walking the tree, is a form of graph traversal in computer science that involves visiting each node in a tree data structure exactly once.
Areas of application
- Computer graphics
- Compiler design
- Data structures and algorithms
- Formal language theory
- Software engineering
Example
For example, consider a binary tree with the following nodes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. A tree traversal would start at the root node (1) and visit each node in sequence, resulting in the order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.