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This document describes the enumeration sort algorithm. Enumeration sort works by comparing each element to every other element to determine its position in a sorted list. It spawns n^2 processors to determine the position of each element in constant time. The algorithm then places each element in the sorted list based on its determined position. For example, if 3 elements are compared and element A is smaller than 2 other elements, its position would be 1 and it would be placed in the second position of the sorted list. The algorithm runs in O(log n) time using a non-standard PRAM model. Pseudo-code and an example are provided to demonstrate how the algorithm works.

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Enumeration Sort I PDF

This document describes the enumeration sort algorithm. Enumeration sort works by comparing each element to every other element to determine its position in a sorted list. It spawns n^2 processors to determine the position of each element in constant time. The algorithm then places each element in the sorted list based on its determined position. For example, if 3 elements are compared and element A is smaller than 2 other elements, its position would be 1 and it would be placed in the second position of the sorted list. The algorithm runs in O(log n) time using a non-standard PRAM model. Pseudo-code and an example are provided to demonstrate how the algorithm works.

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Chapter 1

Enumeration Sort

1.1 Objectives:
At the end of this lecture the learner will be able to:

• Understand the meaning of enumeration sort

• Apply enumeration sort algorithm to sort a list of numbers.

1.2 Definition of Enumeration Sort


First let us start our discussion with the definition of enumeration sort.

Definition 1. Enumeration Sort: According to Knuth (1973),it is a method of finding the exact position of
each element in a sorted list by comparing and finding the frequency of elements having smaller value. That
is if p elements are smaller than aq , then aq occupies the (p+1)th position in the sorted list.

1.3 Enumeration Sort Algorithm


Muller and Preparata (1975) proposed a non standard PRAM model to carry out enumeration sorting in log-
arithmic time. The algorithm consumes θ(logn) to spawn n2 processors and a constant time to sort.

1.3.1 Pseudo Code


Contract: EnumSort: List->List
Purpose: This algorithm is to sort a list of elements in increasing order.
Example: EnumSort([2,1,5,4,3])-> [1,2,3,4,5]
Procedure EnumSort(numList[0..n-1])
begin
spawn n2 processors denoted by Pi,j where i,j ranges from 0 to n-1
for all processors Pi,j where i,j ranges from 0 to n-1 do
begin
Initialize Position[i] to 0
if numList[i]<numList[j] or numList[i]=numList[j] and i<j then
Position[i] is set to 1
endif
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end
for all processors Pi,0 where i ranges from 0 to n-1 do
begin
SortedList[(n-1)-Position[i]] is set to numList[i]
end
end
Dry Run: Let us consider numList=[5,2,3]. Here n=3.

Table 1.1: Dry Run of the Enumeration Sort Algorithm-Finding the final Position of an element
P00 P01 P02 P10 P11 P12 P20 P21 P22
Pos[0]=0 Pos[0]=0 Pos[0]=0 Pos[1]=1 Pos[1]=1 Pos[1]=2 Pos[2]=1 Pos[2]=1 Pos[2]=1

Table 1.2: Dry Run of the Enumeration Sort Algorithm-Determining the Sorted List
P00 P10 P20
Sorted[(3-1)-Pos[0]] Sorted[(3-1)-Pos[1]] Sorted[(3-1)-Pos[2]]
=Sorted[2] =Sorted[0] =Sorted[1]
=a[0] =a[1] =a[2]
=5 =2 =3

Table 1.3: Dry Run of the Enumeration Sort Algorithm-Final Sorted List
0 1 2
2 3 5

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