Abstract
A red–black tree (RBT) is a type of Binary Search Tree where a new parameter – color for each node – has been defined (Figure 12-1). We learned that after some insert and delete operations, the binary search trees become unbalanced which creates a linked list. Red–black trees solve this problem by balancing elements. Each node has a color which can be black or red. Thus, when declaring a node for the RBT, it must contain a key/value, a color, the reference to a parent node, and the references for the children nodes. RBTs are very useful for worst-case scenarios when processing search, insertion, and deletion operations.
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