Question: 8. A priority queue (PQ) is an abstract data type (ADT) consisting of a set of elements of type record, where one of the fields


8. A priority queue (PQ) is an abstract data type (ADT) consisting of a set of elements of type record, where one of the fields is PRIORITY. The operations associated with this ADT are: MAKENULL: to initialize an empty PQ; INSERT: to add a new record; DELETEMIN: to delete a record of lowest priority. (Our textbook calls this operation REMOVEMIN.) Consider an implementation of a PQ using a quadary heap (rather than the usual binary heap). In a quadary heap, each non-leaf node has 4 children (except possibly the last non-leaf node, which may have less than 4 children) and the priority of each node is
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