Compare different types of data structures : Segment Trees and the RMQ Problem

The video tutorial covers data structures, focusing on segment trees and the range minimum query problem. It explains how segment trees are used as an efficient alternative to balanced binary search trees, particularly in programming interviews and contests. The tutorial details the process of building and querying segment trees, including implementation in code, and concludes with testing the implementation.

What are segment trees and how do they differ from balanced binary search trees?

What is the significance of the minimum value in the associated segment of a segment tree node?

Explain the process of executing a query using a segment tree.

Describe how updates are handled in a segment tree.

What is the time complexity for answering a query and performing an update in a segment tree?

How do you initialize a segment tree from a given array?

Discuss the concept of lazy updates in segment trees as mentioned in the video.