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Merge-insertion sort

In computer science, merge-insertion sort or the Ford–Johnson algorithm is a comparison sorting algorithm published in 1959 by L. R. Ford Jr. and Selmer M. Johnson. It uses fewer comparisons in the worst case than the best previously known algorithms, binary insertion sort and merge sort, and for 20 years it was the sorting algorithm with the fewest…

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Recurrence relationClosed formOEIS
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Hybrid algorithmLower boundSorting numbers
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Computer scienceComparison sortingL. R. Ford Jr.Selmer M. JohnsonWorst case
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Merge-insertion sort

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Avg. degree1.9
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related to Algorithm · 6
Merge-insertion sort → Group, Insert, Merge-insertion, Perform, Recursively, Use
related to Relation to other comparison sorts · 5
Merge-insertion sort → For, However, In, Merge-insertion, The
related to Analysis · 2
Merge-insertion sort → Let, This
is a · 1
Merge-insertion sort → sorting algorithm with the minimum possible comparisons for n

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