图解排序算法

讨论

Sorting an array that is initially in reverse sorted order is an interesting case because it is common in practice and it brings out worse-case behavior for insertion sort, bubble sort, and shell sort.

指示

• 点击来重新启动在行、列或整个表格中的动画。
• 可以直接点击动画图像来启动或重新启动它。
• 点击问题的规模来重置所有的动画。

关键

• 黑色的值是已经排好序的。
• 灰色的值是还未完成排序的。
• 一个红色的三角形标记算法的位置。
• 深灰色的值表示当前时间间隔(希尔排序, 归并排序, 快速排序)。
• 一对红色的三角形标记着左、右指针(快速排序)。

参考文档

Algorithms in Java, Parts 1-4, 3rd edition by Robert Sedgewick. Addison Wesley, 2003.

Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley. Addison Wesley, 1986.

Quicksort is Optimal by Robert Sedgewick and Jon Bentley, Knuthfest, Stanford University, January, 2002.

Dual Pivot Quicksort: Code and Discussion.

Bubble-sort with Hungarian ("Csángó") folk dance YouTube video, created at Sapientia University, Tirgu Mures (Marosvásárhely), Romania.

Select-sort with Gypsy folk dance YouTube video, created at Sapientia University, Tirgu Mures (Marosvásárhely), Romania.

Sorting Out Sorting, Ronald M. Baecker with the assistance of David Sherman, 30 minute color sound film, Dynamic Graphics Project, University of Toronto, 1981. Excerpted and reprinted in SIGGRAPH Video Review 7, 1983. Distributed by Morgan Kaufmann, Publishers. Excerpt.