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Algorithms ROBERT SEDGEWICK | KEVIN WAYNE Algorithms ROBERT SEDGEWICK | KEVIN WAYNE 2.3 QUICKSORT ‣ quicksort ‣ selection Algorithms ‣ duplicate keys FOURTH EDITION ‣ system sorts ROBERT SEDGEWICK | KEVIN WAYNE http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu Two classic sorting algorithms Critical components in the world’s computational infrastructure. ・Full scientific understanding of their properties has enabled us to develop them into practical system sorts. ・Quicksort honored as one of top 10 algorithms of 20th century in science and engineering. Mergesort. last lecture ・Java sort for objects. ・Perl, C++ stable sort, Python stable sort, Firefox JavaScript, ... Quicksort. this lecture ・Java sort for primitive types. ・C qsort, Unix, Visual C++, Python, Matlab, Chrome JavaScript, ... 2 Quicksort t-shirt 3 2.3 QUICKSORT ‣ quicksort ‣ selection Algorithms ‣ duplicate keys ‣ system sorts ROBERT SEDGEWICK | KEVIN WAYNE http://algs4.cs.princeton.edu Quicksort Basic plan. ・Shuffle the array. ・Partition so that, for some j – entry a[j] is in place – no larger entry to the left of j – no smaller entry to the right of j Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare ・Sort each piece recursively. 1980 Turing Award input Q U I C K S O R T E X A M P L E shu!e K R A T E L E P U I M Q C X O S partitioning item partition E C A I E K L P U T M Q R X O S not greater not less sort left A C E E I K L P U T M Q R X O S sort right A C E E I K L M O P Q R S T U X result A C E E I K L M O P Q R S T U X Quicksort overview 5 Quicksort partitioning demo Repeat until i and j pointers cross. ・Scan i from left to right so long as (a[i] < a[lo]). ・Scan j from right to left so long as (a[j] > a[lo]). ・Exchange a[i] with a[j]. K R A T E L E P U I M Q C X O S lo i j 6 Quicksort partitioning demo Repeat until i and j pointers cross. ・Scan i from left to right so long as (a[i] < a[lo]). ・Scan j from right to left so long as (a[j] > a[lo]). ・Exchange a[i] with a[j]. When pointers cross. ・Exchange a[lo] with a[j]. E C A I E K L P U T M Q R X O S lo j hi partitioned! 7 Quicksort: Java code for partitioning private static int partition(Comparable[] a, int lo, int hi) { int i = lo, j = hi+1; while (true) { while (less(a[++i], a[lo])) find item on left to swap if (i == hi) break; while (less(a[lo], a[--j])) find item on right to swap if (j == lo) break; if (i >= j) break; check if pointers cross exch(a, i, j); swap } exch(a, lo, j); swap with partitioning item before v return j; return index of item now known to be in place } lo hi before v during v Յ v Ն v lo hi i j after before v during v Յ v Ն v Յ v v Ն v lo hi i j lo j hi during v Յ v Ն v after Յ v v Ն v Quicksort partitioning overview 8 i j lo j hi after Յ v v Ն v Quicksort partitioning overview lo j hi Quicksort partitioning overview Quicksort: Java implementation public class Quick { private static int partition(Comparable[] a, int lo, int hi) { /* see previous slide */ } public static void sort(Comparable[] a) { StdRandom.shuffle(a); shuffle needed for performance guarantee sort(a, 0, a.length - 1); (stay tuned) } private static void sort(Comparable[] a, int lo, int hi) { if (hi <= lo) return; int j = partition(a, lo, hi); sort(a, lo, j-1); sort(a, j+1, hi); } } 9 Quicksort trace lo j hi 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 initial values Q U I C K S O R T E X A M P L E random shu!e K R A T E L E P U I M Q C X O S 0 5 15 E C A I E K L P U T M Q R X O S 0 3 4 E C A E I K L P U T M Q R X O S 0 2 2 A C E E I K L P U T M Q R X O S 0 0 1 A C E E I K L P U T M Q R X O S 1 1 A C E E I K L P U T M Q R X O S 4 4 A C E E I K L P U T M Q R X O S 6 6 15 A C E E I K L P U T M Q R X O S no partition 7 9 15 A C E E I K L M O P T Q R X U S for subarrays of size 1 7 7 8 A C E E I K L M O P T Q R X U S 8 8 A C E E I K L M O P T Q R X U S 10 13 15 A C E E I K L M O P S Q R T U X 10 12 12 A C E E I K L M O P R Q S T U X 10 11 11 A C E E I K L M O P Q R S T U X 10 10 A C E E I K L M O P Q R S T U X 14 14 15 A C E E I K L M O P Q R S T U X 15 15 A C E E I K L M O P Q R S T U X result A C E E I K L M O P Q R S T U X Quicksort trace (array contents after each partition) 10 Quicksort animation 50 random items algorithm position in order current subarray not in order http://www.sorting-algorithms.com/quick-sort 11 Quicksort: implementation details Partitioning in-place. Using an extra array makes partitioning easier (and stable), but is not worth the cost. Terminating the loop. Testing whether the pointers cross is a bit trickier than it might seem. Staying in bounds. The (j == lo) test is redundant (why?), but the (i == hi) test is not. Preserving randomness. Shuffling is needed for performance guarantee. Equal keys. When duplicates are present, it is (counter-intuitively) better to stop on keys equal to the partitioning item's key. 12 Quicksort: empirical analysis Running time estimates: ・Home PC executes 108 compares/second. ・Supercomputer executes 1012 compares/second. insertion sort (N2) mergesort (N log N) quicksort (N log N) computer thousand million billion thousand million billion thousand million billion home instant 2.8 hours 317 years instant 1 second 18 min instant 0.6 sec 12 min super instant 1 second 1 week instant instant instant instant instant instant Lesson 1. Good algorithms are better than supercomputers. Lesson 2. Great algorithms are better than good ones. 13 Quicksort: best-case analysis Best case. Number of compares is ~ N lg N. initial values random shuffle 14 Quicksort: worst-case analysis Worst case. Number of compares is ~ ½ N 2 . initial values random shuffle 15 Quicksort: average-case analysis Proposition. The average number of compares CN to quicksort an array of N distinct keys is ~ 2N ln N (and the number of exchanges is ~ ⅓ N ln N). Pf. CN satisfies the recurrence C0 = C1 = 0 and for N ≥ 2: left right partitioning C0 + CN 1 C1 + CN 2 CN 1 + C0 C =(N + 1) + − + − + ... + − N N N N ・Multiply both sides by N and collect terms: partitioning probability NCN = N(N + 1) + 2(C0 + C1 + ... + CN 1) − ・Subtract this from the same equation for N - 1: NCN (N 1)CN 1 =2N +2CN 1 − − − − ・Rearrange terms and divide by N (N + 1): CN CN 1 2 = − + N +1 N N +1 16 Quicksort: average-case analysis ・Repeatedly apply above equation: CN CN 1 2 = − + N +1 N N +1 CN 2 2 2 = − + + substitute previous equation N 1 N N +1 previous equation − CN 3 2 2 2 = − + + + N 2 N 1 N N +1 2 − 2 2 − 2 = + + + ... + 3 4 5 N +1 ・Approximate sum by an integral: 1 1 1 1 C = 2(N + 1) + + + ... N 3 4 5 N +1 ✓ ◆ N+1 1 2(N + 1) dx ⇠ x Z3 ・Finally, the desired result: C 2(N + 1) ln N 1.39N lg N N ∼ ⇥ 17 Quicksort: average-case analysis Proposition. The average number of compares CN to quicksort an array of N distinct keys is ~ 2N ln N (and the number of exchanges is ~ ⅓ N ln N). Pf 2. Consider BST representation of keys 1 to N. shufe 9 10 2 5 8 7 6 1 11 12 13 3 4 first partitioning item first partitioning item in left subarray 9 3 11 1 8 10 13 2 4 12 6 5 7 18 Quicksort: average-case analysis Proposition. The average number of compares CN to quicksort an array of N distinct keys is ~ 2N ln N (and the number of exchanges is ~ ⅓ N ln N). Pf 2. Consider BST representation of keys 1 to N.
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