The Computer Journal 1993 36(6):593-594; doi:10.1093/comjnl/36.6.593
© 1993 by British Computer Society
Uniform Generation of Rooted Ordered Trees with Prescribed Degrees
M. D. Atkinson *
School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa K1S 5B6, Canada
An efficient algorithm is given for generating uniformly at random a rooted tree with a specified number of nodes of each degree. The algorithm requires linear time, needs hardly any auxiliary storage and uses only very simple operations.
* School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa K1S 5B6, Canada

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