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Sep
30
2024

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Sorting Using Partial Information
Robert Tarjan
11:00am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

We consider the problem of sorting a set of items having an unknown total order by doing binary comparisons of the items, given the outcomes of some pre-existing comparisons. We present a simple new algorithm with a running time of O(m + n + log T)...