smoothsort

(algorithm)

Definition: A variant of heapsort that takes advantage of a partially ordered table. Performance is O(n) when input is sorted and O(n log n) performance for worst case.

See also heapsort.

Note: From Lynn Milnes <trjudo@hotmail.com> August 2003

Author: PEB

Implementation

Smoothsort, an alternative for sorting in situ typescript (guarded command language)

More information

Edsger W. Dijkstra, An alternative to Heapsort for sorting in situ, manuscript, June 1981. PDF.

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Paul E. Black, "smoothsort", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed., U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/sqg/dads/HTML/smoothsort.html