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  2. Insertion sort - Wikipedia

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    Binary insertion sort employs a binary search to determine the correct location to insert new elements, and therefore performs ⌈log 2 n⌉ comparisons in the worst case. When each element in the array is searched for and inserted this is O(n log n). [7]

  3. Sorting algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Insertion sort is widely used for small data sets, while for large data sets an asymptotically efficient sort is used, primarily heapsort, merge sort, or quicksort. Efficient implementations generally use a hybrid algorithm , combining an asymptotically efficient algorithm for the overall sort with insertion sort for small lists at the bottom ...

  4. Sorted array - Wikipedia

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    Elements within a sorted array are found using a binary search, in O(log n); thus sorted arrays are suited for cases when one needs to be able to look up elements quickly, e.g. as a set or multiset data structure. This complexity for lookups is the same as for self-balancing binary search trees. In some data structures, an array of structures ...

  5. Sorting network - Wikipedia

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    We can easily construct a network of any size recursively using the principles of insertion and selection. Assuming we have a sorting network of size n, we can construct a network of size n + 1 by "inserting" an additional number into the already sorted subnet (using the principle underlying insertion sort).

  6. B-tree - Wikipedia

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    The B-tree generalizes the binary search tree, allowing for nodes with more than two children. [2] Unlike other self-balancing binary search trees , the B-tree is well suited for storage systems that read and write relatively large blocks of data , such as databases and file systems .

  7. Library sort - Wikipedia

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    Library sort or gapped insertion sort is a sorting algorithm that uses an ... Finding the position of insertion by applying binary search within the already inserted ...

  8. Binary search tree - Wikipedia

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    Fig. 1: A binary search tree of size 9 and depth 3, with 8 at the root. In computer science, a binary search tree (BST), also called an ordered or sorted binary tree, is a rooted binary tree data structure with the key of each internal node being greater than all the keys in the respective node's left subtree and less than the ones in its right subtree.

  9. Sorting number - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics and computer science, the sorting numbers are a sequence of numbers introduced in 1950 by Hugo Steinhaus for the analysis of comparison sort algorithms. These numbers give the worst-case number of comparisons used by both binary insertion sort and merge sort. However, there are other algorithms that use fewer comparisons.