Implementation of array of queues

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Since matlab does not support queues, I am using arrays to handle the queueing functionality.
I have to implement an array of queues, which each queue of different length. 2D arrays in matlab support only matrices, hence should be of same no. of elements in each queue which is not my requirement.
I imported Java implementation of linkedlist, but it does not support struct or a class object. The element to be added into a queue is a struct or a class object.
How can I handle this in the most efficient way?

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John D'Errico
John D'Errico on 6 May 2020
Edited: John D'Errico on 6 May 2020
Standard arrays must be rectangular. However cell arrays are the perfect solution.
C = {1:3, 1:5,1:8}
C =
1×3 cell array
{1×3 double} {1×5 double} {1×8 double}
>> C{:}
ans =
1 2 3
ans =
1 2 3 4 5
ans =
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
You create and index them using curly braces, thus {}.
C{3}
ans =
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
And a cell array can contain anything at all, including structs.
Of course, an array of structs is also possible, and a struct can act as a container for anything too.
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ROSHITH SEBASTIAN
ROSHITH SEBASTIAN on 7 May 2020
Edited: ROSHITH SEBASTIAN on 7 May 2020
The queues have variable length, it changes depending on the randomeness. The only known parameter before the simulation is the no. of queues, which would not be nothing less than 35, depending on the scenario could be more than even 60.
Guillaume
Guillaume on 9 May 2020
As a complement to my answer in your previous question, I've written you an implementation of a queue which should have good performance.

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Guillaume
Guillaume on 6 May 2020
Edited: Guillaume on 6 May 2020
You may want to bite the bullet and implement your own queue class in matlab as I've suggested before.
Otherwise, one possibility would be to add a level of indirection to your current code. Instead of storing the objects in the queue(s), store them as values in a containers.Map and store the corresponding key in the queue. Ideally, the key would be a hash of the object but since matlab doesn't have a built-in hashing function and since containers.Map doesn't even say if it's implemented as a hashmap you could simply use continuously increasing integers. So the algorithm would go like this:
  • set up:
keycount = 0;
queueelements = containers.Map;
queue = .. %your queue implementation
  • to enqueue object s:
keycount = keycount + 1;
queueelements(keycount) = s;
queue.enqueue(keycount);
  • to dequeue object s:
key = queue.dequeue;
s = queueelements(key);
queueelements.remove(key);
edit note however that the performance of containers.Map in matlab is ... not great.
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ROSHITH SEBASTIAN
ROSHITH SEBASTIAN on 6 May 2020
The execution already takes a lot of time, hence I have to check which option would should be opted. Thank you the information, I will try it out.

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