no. 3
Skip trees, an alternative data structure to skip lists in a concurrent approach
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 31 (1997) no. 3, pp. 251-269. 
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Messeguer, Xavier. Skip trees, an alternative data structure to skip lists in a concurrent approach. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 31 (1997) no. 3, pp. 251-269. http://www.numdam.org/item/ITA_1997__31_3_251_0/

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