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What Is The Fastest Algorithm

Quicksort is generally considered the fastest sorting algorithm due to its average case time complexity of O(n log n). While its worst case is O(n^2), this can be avoided by choosing a good pivot element. Quicksort has better cache performance than other algorithms like mergesort. Mergesort has slightly better worst case guarantees at O(n log n) but requires more memory and is generally slower than quicksort.

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What Is The Fastest Algorithm

Quicksort is generally considered the fastest sorting algorithm due to its average case time complexity of O(n log n). While its worst case is O(n^2), this can be avoided by choosing a good pivot element. Quicksort has better cache performance than other algorithms like mergesort. Mergesort has slightly better worst case guarantees at O(n log n) but requires more memory and is generally slower than quicksort.

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What is the fastest algorithm?

Quicksort — The Best Sorting Algorithm? The time complexity


of Quicksort isO(n log n) in the best case, O(n log n) in the average case, and
O(n^2) in the worst case. But because it has the best performance in the average
case for most inputs,Quicksort is generally considered the “fastest” sorting
algorithm

The worst case depends on pivot selection strategy, usually it occurs for a
alreadysorted array (which your array is). Also, for small data set, bubble sort or other
simple sorting algorithm usually works faster than more complex algorithms. ... So
based on this, Quicksort is faster than Bubblesort.

Quicksort — The Best Sorting Algorithm? The time complexity of Quicksort is O(n log
n) in the best case, O(n log n) in the average case, and O(n^2) in the worst case. But
because it has the best performance in the average case for most inputs,Quicksort is
generally considered the “fastest” sorting algorithm.

Even though quicksort has O(n^2) in worst case, it can be easily avoided with high
probability by choosing the right pivot. 1. Its cache performance is higher than other
sorting algorithms. ... If Quick sort is implemented well, it will be around 2-3
timesfaster than merge sort and heap sort.

What is the slowest sorting algorithm?


HeapSort: It is the slowest of the sorting algorithms but unlike merge and quick
sort it does not require massive recursion or multiple arrays to work. Merge
Sort: Themerge sort is slightly faster than the heap sort for larger sets, but it
requires twice the memory of the heap sort because of the second array
Is merge sort better than quick?
Quicksort is NOT better than mergesort. With O(n^2) (worst case that rarely
happens), quicksort is potentially far slower than the O(nlogn) of the merge sort.
Quicksort has less overhead, so with small n and slow computers, it is better.

Is merge sort better than quick?


Quicksort is NOT better than mergesort. With O(n^2) (worst case that rarely
happens), quicksort is potentially far slower than the O(nlogn) of the merge sort.
Quicksort has less overhead, so with small n and slow computers, it is better.

Which is faster quicksort or mergesort?


Mergesort doesn't have any such optimizations, which also makes Quicksort a
bitfaster compared to Mergesort. ... Quicksort required less extra space
than Merge sort but Quicksort has a quadratic worst case (if you data is already
sorted and pivot is the first element) and he is not stable.
What sorting algorithms are stable?
A sorting algorithm is said to be stable if two objects with equal keys appear in
the same order in sorted output as they appear in the input unsorted array. Some
sorting algorithms are stable by nature like Insertion sort, Merge Sort, Bubble
Sort,
Is selection sort faster than bubble sort?
Wikipedia says (emphasis added): Among simple average-case Θ(n2)
algorithms,selection sort almost always outperforms bubble sort and
gnome sort, but is generally outperformed by insertion sort. ... However,
insertion sort or selection sort are both typically faster for small arrays (i.e.
fewer than 10-20 elements).

Which sorting algorithm has the best runtime complexity?


For Best case Insertion Sort and Heap Sort are the Best one as their best case
run time complexity is O(n). For average case best asymptotic run time
complexity is O(nlogn) which is given by Merge Sort, Heap Sort, Quick Sort.

Most practical implementations of Quick Sort use randomized version. The randomized
version has expected time complexity of O(nLogn). The worst case is possible in
randomized version also, but worst case doesn’t occur for a particular pattern (like
sorted array) and randomized Quick Sort works well in practice. Quick Sort is also a
cache friendly sorting algorithm as it has good locality of reference when used for arrays.
Quick Sort is also tail recursive, therefore tail call optimizations is done.

Which of the following sorting algorithms has the minimum running time
complexity in the best and average case?
Insertion sort, Quick sort

Insertion sort has a best case complexity of O(n), if the array is already sorted while it
has an average case complexity of O(n2) Quick sort has a best case complexity of O(n
log n), while it has an average case complexity of O(n log n) also. So, option (A) is
correct.

What is the complexity of insertion sort?


If the inversion count is O(n), then the time complexity of insertion sort is O(n).
In worst case, there can be n*(n-1)/2 inversions. The worst case occurs when the
array is sorted in reverse order. So the worst case time complexity of insertion
sort is O(n2).

10. What is the best case complexity of selection sort?


a) O(nlogn)
b) O(logn)
c) O(n)
d) O(n2)
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: The best, average and worst case complexities of selection sort is O(n2).

Bubble sort has a worst-case and average complexity of О(n2), where n is the number of
items being sorted. Most practical sorting algorithms have substantially better worst-case or
average complexity, often O(n log n).

When the list is already sorted (best-case), the complexity of bubble sort is only O(n)

Selection sort
Sorting algorithm
In computer science, selection sort is a sorting algorithm, specifically an in-place
comparison sort. It has O time complexity, making it inefficient on large lists, and
generally performs worse than the similar insertion sort.Wikipedia
Worst complexity: n^2
Average complexity: n^2
Best complexity: n^2
Space complexity: 1

Bubble sort
Sorting algorithm
Bubble sort, sometimes referred to as sinking sort, is a simple sorting algorithm
that repeatedly steps through the list, compares adjacent pairs and swaps them if
they are in the wrong order. The pass through the list is repeated until the list is
sorted. Wikipedia
Worst complexity: n^2
Average complexity: n^2
Best complexity: n
Space complexity: 1
Method: Exchanging
Stable: Yes

Shellsort
Sorting algorithm
Shellsort, also known as Shell sort or Shell's method, is an in-place comparison
sort. It can be seen as either a generalization of sorting by exchange or sorting
by insertion. The method starts by sorting pairs of elements far apart from each
other, then progressively reducing the gap between elements to be
compared. Wikipedia
Inventor: Donald Shell
Worst complexity: Depends on gap sequence
Average complexity: n*log(n)^2 or n^(3/2)
Best complexity: n
Method: Insertion
Stable: No

I'm confused on the running time of shell sort if the list is pre-sorted (best case). Is it
O(n) or O(n log n)?

2down vote
In the best case when the data is already ordered, the innermost loop will never swap. It will
always immediately break, since the left value is known to be smaller than the right value:

for(k=n/2; k>0; k/=2)


for(i=k; i<n; i++)
for(j=i;j>k; j-=k)
if(false) swap
else break;
So, the algorithm collapses to this:

for(k=n/2; k>0; k/=2)


for(i=k; i<n; i++)
no_op()
The best case then becomes:

O((n - n/2) + (n - n/4) + (n - n/8) + ... + (n - 1))


= O(nlog(n) - n)
= O(nlog(n))
That said, according to Wikipedia, some other variants of Shell Sort do have an O(N) best
case.

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