Fastest

Fastest

Fastest refers to the method or algorithm that is able to complete a task or process in the shortest amount of time compared to other methods or algorithms. In the context of sorting, quicksort is often considered the fastest method of sorting and is commonly implemented using a recursive algorithm. It has been identified as the fastest sorting algorithm among all other sorting algorithms.From: Programming in C++ for Engineering and Science [2019], Adaptive Order-of-Addition Experiments via the Quick-Sort Algorithm [2023]

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Published in James J Y Hsu, Nanocomputing, 2017

James J Y Hsu

Sorting and Recursion: Many problems are intrinsically recursive. For example, when sorting a list, you would repeat the process until the order of list is finished. Write a simple program adopting the recursion to sort the name list of your classmates. Note that there are many sorting algorithms. They are not all created equal. Bubble sort is straightforward but slow. Quick sort is considered the fastest.

Adaptive Order-of-Addition Experiments via the Quick-Sort Algorithm

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Published in Technometrics, 2023

Dennis K. J. Lin, Jianbin Chen

On a seemingly unrelated issue, the sorting problem arises to order a sequence of elements in programming practice. Quick sort is considered the fastest sorting algorithm among all the sorting algorithms (Hossain et al. 2020). The classical quick sort works by selecting a “pivot” element and partitioning all the other elements into two subsets: where the left/right subset with all elements that are smaller/larger than the pivot elements. The algorithm then recursively sorts both the left and the right subset separately. For a comprehensive discussion on quick sort, one may refer to Hoare (1962), Philippas and Zhang (2003), Yaroslavskiy (2009), and Kushagra et al. (2014) and their references therein.

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