UMBC CS 201, Spring 02
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CMSC 201 Spring '02
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Sorting
Importance of sorting
a fundamental part of many tasks
required for the efficient performance of other tasks (e.g. searching a phonebook)
Lots of algorithms
We'll look at
Selection Sort
-- simple but relatively inefficient
Analysis of Algorithms
How fast is it?
An important conceptual tool for thinking about algorithms in the abstract
useful for choosing a good algorithm for a particular task
Last Modified - Thursday, 17-Jan-2002 13:52:11 EST
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