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Patience sorting

In computer science, patience sorting is a sorting algorithm inspired by, and named after, the card game patience. A variant of the algorithm efficiently computes the length of a longest increasing subsequence in a given array.

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Best-case performance
O(n); occurs when the input is pre-sorted
Class
Sorting algorithm
Data structure
Array
Optimal
?
Worst-case performance
O(n log n)

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Patience sorting

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Triples29
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
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Patience sorting

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related to history · 13
Patience sorting → According, Aldous, Colin Lingwood Mallows, Diaconis, Donald Knuth, Floyd, Floyd's, Hammersley, Initial, Mallows, Patience, Robert, Ross
related to Relations to other problems · 6
Patience sorting → Each, Floyd's, Patience, The, This, When
related to Use · 4
Patience sorting → SQL, SQL Server, The, Within
Best-case performance · 1
Patience sorting → O(n); occurs when the input is pre-sorted
Class · 1
Patience sorting → Sorting algorithm
Data structure · 1
Patience sorting → Array
Optimal · 1
Patience sorting → ?
Worst-case performance · 1
Patience sorting → O(n log n)
is a · 1
Patience sorting → sorting algorithm inspired by

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algorithm sorting patience game card piles increasing pile longest subsequence cards array new length log first top time performance input

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Patience sortingBest-case performanceO(n); occurs when the input is pre-sorted1.00infobox
Patience sortingClassSorting algorithm1.00infobox
Patience sortingData structureArray1.00infobox
Patience sortingOptimal?1.00infobox
Patience sortingWorst-case performanceO(n log n)1.00infobox
Patience sortingis asorting algorithm inspired by0.90text
Patience sortingrelated to historyPatience0.60section
Patience sortingrelated to historyColin Lingwood Mallows0.60section
Patience sortingrelated to historyRoss0.60section
Patience sortingrelated to historyAccording0.60section
Patience sortingrelated to historyAldous0.60section
Patience sortingrelated to historyDiaconis0.60section

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