A Counted B-tree stores the number of elements in each subtree to efficiently retrieve order statistics like medians as the data set changes. A (a,b) Tree and Van Emde Boas Tree are data structures where the Van Emde Boas Tree supports search, insert, delete and other operations in O(lglgN) time, faster than related structures, and returns minimum and maximum in O(1) time where N is the size of the universe.