http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/sliding_window/views/2010-02-07T14:40:03-08:00ActiveState Code Recipes2010-02-07T14:40:03-08:00Raymond Hettingerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/178123/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576930-efficient-running-median-using-an-indexable-skipli/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 576930 by <a href="/recipes/users/178123/">Raymond Hettinger</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/advanced_data_structure/">advanced_data_structure</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/container/">container</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/median/">median</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/new_algorithm/">new_algorithm</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/skiplist/">skiplist</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/sliding_window/">sliding_window</a>). Revision 10. </p> <p>Maintains sorted data as new elements are added and old one removed as a sliding window advances over a stream of data. Also gives fast indexed access to value. Running time per median update is proportional to the log of the window size.</p>