A Criterion for Sorting Reals in a Linear Time

Abstract

We quantify the practical limits for sorting reals in a linear time. This possibility is assured under assumption on the distribution of the sorting key, mainly the independence and identity of the distribution. Here we give a more general criteria easily applicable in practice. We also show that the algorithm is applicable for data that do not fulfill criteria for linear time complexity but even that the computation is faster than the system quicksort.

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