How Should We Choose a Sorting Algorithm?

Reading through the chapter on sorting algorithms in Kiyoshi Ishihata's "Algorithms and Data Structures" brings a certain ...
NextBigFuture

New Sorting Algorithm Breakthrough is Better than Dijkstra

There is a new sorting algorithm a deterministic O(m log2/3 n)-time algorithm for single-source shortest paths (SSSP) on directed graphs with real non-negative edge weights in the comparison-addition ...
VentureBeat

Deepmind's AlphaDev discovers sorting algorithms that can revolutionize computing foundations

Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) research lab DeepMind has achieved a remarkable feat in computer science through its latest AI system, AlphaDev. This specialized version of AlphaZero has made a ...
Hackaday

Different Algorithms Sort Christmas Lights

Sorting algorithms are a common exercise for new programmers, and for good reason: they introduce many programming fundamentals at once, including loops and conditionals, arrays and lists, comparisons ...
Wired

This New Algorithm for Sorting Books or Files Is Close to Perfection

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...

The Flaw in Sorting Algorithms I Discovered When Asked to 'Line Up by Height'

The moment the photographer at a wedding said, "Please line up by height," the line instantly fell apart. The person at the ...