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 ...

A sorting algorithm is an algorithm that puts the elements of a list in a certain order. While there are a large number of sorting algorithms, in practical implementations a few algorithms predominate ...

Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They determine what you see on social media and when browsing online, help form people’s belief systems, and impact the ...

This study explores the application of parallel algorithms to enhance large-scale sorting, focusing on the QuickSort method. Implemented in both sequential and parallel forms, the paper provides a ...

Finds how similar 2 lists of rating are using the Divide and Conquer approach. Extension of MergeSort that actually displays the specific inversions as well as just counting the total number.

Abstract: Sorting is one of the fundamental problems in computer science. With the proliferation of multi core processors, parallel algorithms for sorting have become very important. In this study, we ...