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3 Merge-Sort Merge-sort on an input sequence S with n elements consists of three steps: Divide: partition S into two sequences S 1 and S 2 of about n  2 elements each Recur: recursively sort S 1 and S 2 Conquer: merge S 1 and S 2 into a unique sorted sequence Algorithm mergeSort(S, C) Input sequence S with n elements, comparator C Output sequence S sorted according to C if S.size() > 1 (S 1, S 2 )  partition(S, n/2) mergeSort(S 1, C) mergeSort(S 2, C) S  merge(S 1, S 2 )

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Merge Sort7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9

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Divide-and-ConquerDivide-and conquer is a general algorithm design paradigm:

Divide: divide the input data S in two disjoint subsets S1 and S2

Recur: solve the subproblems associated with S1 and S2

Conquer: combine the solutions for S1 and S2 into a solution for S

The base case for the recursion are subproblems of size 0 or 1

Merge-sort is a sorting algorithm based on the divide-and-conquer paradigm Like heap-sort

It uses a comparator It has O(n log n) running

timeUnlike heap-sort

It does not use an auxiliary priority queue

It accesses data in a sequential manner (suitable to sort data on a disk)

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Merge-SortMerge-sort on an input sequence S with n elements consists of three steps:

Divide: partition S into two sequences S1 and S2 of about n2 elements each

Recur: recursively sort S1 and S2

Conquer: merge S1 and S2 into a unique sorted sequence

Algorithm mergeSort(S, C)Input sequence S with n

elements, comparator C Output sequence S sorted

according to Cif S.size() > 1

(S1, S2) partition(S, n/2) mergeSort(S1, C)mergeSort(S2, C)S merge(S1, S2)

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Merging Two Sorted Sequences

The conquer step of merge-sort consists of merging two sorted sequences A and B into a sorted sequence S containing the union of the elements of A and BMerging two sorted sequences, each with n2 elements and implemented by means of a doubly linked list, takes O(n) time

Algorithm merge(A, B)Input sequences A and B with

n2 elements each Output sorted sequence of A B

S empty sequencewhile A.isEmpty() B.isEmpty()

if A.first().element() < B.first().element()

S.insertLast(A.remove(A.first()))else

S.insertLast(B.remove(B.first()))while A.isEmpty()S.insertLast(A.remove(A.first()))while B.isEmpty()S.insertLast(B.remove(B.first()))return S

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Merge-Sort TreeAn execution of merge-sort is depicted by a binary tree

each node represents a recursive call of merge-sort and stores unsorted sequence before the execution and its partition sorted sequence at the end of the execution

the root is the initial call the leaves are calls on subsequences of size 0 or 1

7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9

7 2 2 7 9 4 4 9

7 7 2 2 9 9 4 4

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Execution ExamplePartition

7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9 3 8 6 1 1 3 8 6

7 2 2 7 9 4 4 9 3 8 3 8 6 1 1 6

7 7 2 2 9 9 4 4 3 3 8 8 6 6 1 1

7 2 9 4 3 8 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

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Execution Example (cont.)Recursive call, partition

7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9 3 8 6 1 1 3 8 6

7 2 2 7 9 4 4 9 3 8 3 8 6 1 1 6

7 7 2 2 9 9 4 4 3 3 8 8 6 6 1 1

7 2 9 4 3 8 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

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Execution Example (cont.)Recursive call, partition

7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9 3 8 6 1 1 3 8 6

7 2 2 7 9 4 4 9 3 8 3 8 6 1 1 6

7 7 2 2 9 9 4 4 3 3 8 8 6 6 1 1

7 2 9 4 3 8 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

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Execution Example (cont.)Recursive call, base case

7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9 3 8 6 1 1 3 8 6

7 2 2 7 9 4 4 9 3 8 3 8 6 1 1 6

7 7 2 2 9 9 4 4 3 3 8 8 6 6 1 1

7 2 9 4 3 8 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

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Execution Example (cont.)Recursive call, base case

7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9 3 8 6 1 1 3 8 6

7 2 2 7 9 4 4 9 3 8 3 8 6 1 1 6

7 7 2 2 9 9 4 4 3 3 8 8 6 6 1 1

7 2 9 4 3 8 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

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Execution Example (cont.)Merge

7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9 3 8 6 1 1 3 8 6

7 2 2 7 9 4 4 9 3 8 3 8 6 1 1 6

7 7 2 2 9 9 4 4 3 3 8 8 6 6 1 1

7 2 9 4 3 8 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

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Execution Example (cont.)Recursive call, …, base case, merge

7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9 3 8 6 1 1 3 8 6

7 2 2 7 9 4 4 9 3 8 3 8 6 1 1 6

7 7 2 2 3 3 8 8 6 6 1 1

7 2 9 4 3 8 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

9 9 4 4

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Execution Example (cont.)Merge

7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9 3 8 6 1 1 3 8 6

7 2 2 7 9 4 4 9 3 8 3 8 6 1 1 6

7 7 2 2 9 9 4 4 3 3 8 8 6 6 1 1

7 2 9 4 3 8 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

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Execution Example (cont.)Recursive call, …, merge, merge

7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9 3 8 6 1 1 3 6 8

7 2 2 7 9 4 4 9 3 8 3 8 6 1 1 6

7 7 2 2 9 9 4 4 3 3 8 8 6 6 1 1

7 2 9 4 3 8 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

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Execution Example (cont.)Merge

7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9 3 8 6 1 1 3 6 8

7 2 2 7 9 4 4 9 3 8 3 8 6 1 1 6

7 7 2 2 9 9 4 4 3 3 8 8 6 6 1 1

7 2 9 4 3 8 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

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Mergesort: sort a collection of given integers in increasing order

Example: { 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11, 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 } sorts to { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 }

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1,

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1, 2,

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1, 2, 3,

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1, 2, 3, 5,

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1, 2, 3, 5, 6,

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7,

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10,

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11,

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12,

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16,

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 16,

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 16, 24,

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Merge: given two lists of numbers in increasing order, produce a listof numbers in increasing order which contains all the numbers of the given lists.

3, 5, 7, 11, 16, 24

1, 2, 6, 10, 12, 16, 32, 36

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 16, 24, 32, 36

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{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11, 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

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{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11, 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

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{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11, 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3 } { 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6 } { 15, 8, 10, 14 }

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{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11, 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3 } { 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6 } { 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7 } { 2, 3 } { 0, 1 } { 9, 11 } { 5, 12 } { 13, 6 } { 15, 8 } { 10, 14 }

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{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11, 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3 } { 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6 } { 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7 } { 2, 3 } { 0, 1 } { 9, 11 } { 5, 12 } { 13, 6 } { 15, 8 } { 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7 } { 2, 3 } { 0, 1 } { 9, 11 } { 5, 12 } { 6, 13 } { 8, 15 } { 10, 14 }

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{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11, 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3 } { 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6 } { 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7 } { 2, 3 } { 0, 1 } { 9, 11 } { 5, 12 } { 13, 6 } { 15, 8 } { 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7 } { 2, 3 } { 0, 1 } { 9, 11 } { 5, 12 } { 6, 13 } { 8, 15 } { 10, 14 }

{ 2, 3, 4, 7 } { 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 6, 12, 13 } { 8, 10, 14, 15 }

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{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11, 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3 } { 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6 } { 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7 } { 2, 3 } { 0, 1 } { 9, 11 } { 5, 12 } { 13, 6 } { 15, 8 } { 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7 } { 2, 3 } { 0, 1 } { 9, 11 } { 5, 12 } { 6, 13 } { 8, 15 } { 10, 14 }

{ 2, 3, 4, 7 } { 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 6, 12, 13 } { 8, 10, 14, 15 }

{ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11 } { 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 }

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{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11, 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3, 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6, 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7, 2, 3 } { 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 12, 13, 6 } { 15, 8, 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7 } { 2, 3 } { 0, 1 } { 9, 11 } { 5, 12 } { 13, 6 } { 15, 8 } { 10, 14 }

{ 4, 7 } { 2, 3 } { 0, 1 } { 9, 11 } { 5, 12 } { 6, 13 } { 8, 15 } { 10, 14 }

{ 2, 3, 4, 7 } { 0, 1, 9, 11 } { 5, 6, 12, 13 } { 8, 10, 14, 15 }

{ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11 } { 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 }

{ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 }

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Quick-Sort7 4 9 6 2 2 4 6 7 9

4 2 2 4 7 9 7 9

2 2 9 9

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OutlineQuick-sort Algorithm Partition step Quick-sort tree Execution example

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Quick-SortQuick-sort is a randomized sorting algorithm based on the divide-and-conquer paradigm:

Divide: pick a random element x (called pivot) and partition S into

L elements less than x E elements equal x G elements greater than x

Recur: sort L and G Conquer: join L, E and G

x

x

L GE

x

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PartitionWe partition an input sequence as follows:

We remove, in turn, each element y from S and

We insert y into L, E or G, depending on the result of the comparison with the pivot x

Each insertion and removal is at the beginning or at the end of a sequence, and hence takes O(1) timeThus, the partition step of quick-sort takes O(n) time

Algorithm partition(S, p)Input sequence S, position p of pivot Output subsequences L, E, G of the

elements of S less than, equal to,or greater than the pivot, resp.

L, E, G empty sequencesx S.remove(p) while S.isEmpty()

y S.remove(S.first())if y < x

L.insertLast(y)else if y = x

E.insertLast(y)else { y > x }

G.insertLast(y)return L, E, G

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Quick-Sort TreeAn execution of quick-sort is depicted by a binary tree

Each node represents a recursive call of quick-sort and stores Unsorted sequence before the execution and its pivot Sorted sequence at the end of the execution

The root is the initial call The leaves are calls on subsequences of size 0 or 1

7 4 9 6 2 2 4 6 7 9

4 2 2 4 7 9 7 9

2 2 9 9

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Execution ExamplePivot selection

7 2 9 4 2 4 7 9

2 2

7 2 9 4 3 7 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

3 8 6 1 1 3 8 6

3 3 8 89 4 4 9

9 9 4 4

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Execution Example (cont.)Partition, recursive call, pivot selection

2 4 3 1 2 4 7 9

9 4 4 9

9 9 4 4

7 2 9 4 3 7 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

3 8 6 1 1 3 8 6

3 3 8 82 2

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Execution Example (cont.)Partition, recursive call, base case

2 4 3 1 2 4 7

1 1 9 4 4 9

9 9 4 4

7 2 9 4 3 7 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

3 8 6 1 1 3 8 6

3 3 8 8

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Execution Example (cont.)Recursive call, …, base case, join

3 8 6 1 1 3 8 6

3 3 8 8

7 2 9 4 3 7 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

2 4 3 1 1 2 3 4

1 1 4 3 3 4

9 9 4 4

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Execution Example (cont.)Recursive call, pivot selection

7 9 7 1 1 3 8 6

8 8

7 2 9 4 3 7 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

2 4 3 1 1 2 3 4

1 1 4 3 3 4

9 9 4 4

9 9

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Execution Example (cont.)Partition, …, recursive call, base case

7 9 7 1 1 3 8 6

8 8

7 2 9 4 3 7 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9

2 4 3 1 1 2 3 4

1 1 4 3 3 4

9 9 4 4

9 9

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Execution Example (cont.)Join, join

7 9 7 17 7 9

8 8

7 2 9 4 3 7 6 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 7 9

2 4 3 1 1 2 3 4

1 1 4 3 3 4

9 9 4 4

9 9

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Expected Running Time

7 9 7 1 1

7 2 9 4 3 7 6 1 9

2 4 3 1 7 2 9 4 3 7 61

7 2 9 4 3 7 6 1

Good call Bad call

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Good pivotsBad pivots Bad pivots

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Expected Running Time, Part 2

Probabilistic Fact: The expected number of coin tosses required in order to get k heads is 2kFor a node of depth i, we expect

i2 ancestors are good calls The size of the input sequence for the current call is at most

(34)i2ns(r)

s(a) s(b)

s(c) s(d) s(f)s(e)

time per levelexpected height

O(log n)

O(n)

O(n)

O(n)

total expected time: O(n log n)

Therefore, we have For a node of depth 2log43n,

the expected input size is one The expected height of the

quick-sort tree is O(log n)The amount or work done at the nodes of the same depth is O(n)Thus, the expected running time of quick-sort is O(n log n)

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Selection

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The Selection ProblemGiven an integer k and n elements x1, x2, …, xn, taken from a total order, find the k-th smallest element in this set.Of course, we can sort the set in O(n log n) time and then index the k-th element.

Can we solve the selection problem faster?

7 4 9 6 2 2 4 6 7 9k=3

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Quick-SelectQuick-select is a randomized selection algorithm based on the prune-and-search paradigm:

Prune: pick a random element x (called pivot) and partition S into

L elements less than x E elements equal x G elements greater than x

Search: depending on k, either answer is in E, or we need to recur on either L or G

x

x

L GE

k < |L|

|L| < k < |L|+|E|(done)

k > |L|+|E|k’ = k - |L| - |E|

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PartitionWe partition an input sequence as in the quick-sort algorithm:

We remove, in turn, each element y from S and

We insert y into L, E or G, depending on the result of the comparison with the pivot x

Each insertion and removal is at the beginning or at the end of a sequence, and hence takes O(1) timeThus, the partition step of quick-select takes O(n) time

Algorithm partition(S, p)Input sequence S, position p of pivot Output subsequences L, E, G of the

elements of S less than, equal to,or greater than the pivot, resp.

L, E, G empty sequencesx S.remove(p) while S.isEmpty()

y S.remove(S.first())if y < x

L.insertLast(y)else if y = x

E.insertLast(y)else { y > x }

G.insertLast(y)return L, E, G

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Quick-Select VisualizationAn execution of quick-select can be visualized by a recursion path

Each node represents a recursive call of quick-select, and stores k and the remaining sequence

k=5, S=(7 4 9 3 2 6 5 1 8)

5

k=2, S=(7 4 9 6 5 8)

k=2, S=(7 4 6 5)

k=1, S=(7 6 5)

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Summary of Sorting Algorithms

Algorithm Time Notesselection-sort O(n2)

in-place slow (good for small

inputs)

insertion-sort O(n2) in-place slow (good for small

inputs)

quick-sort O(n log n)expected

in-place, randomized fastest (good for large

inputs)

heap-sort O(n log n) in-place fast (good for large inputs)

merge-sort O(n log n) sequential data access fast (good for huge

inputs)