The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 3: Sorting and Searching (1973)

Indeholder "Preface", "Preface to the Second Edition", "Notes on the Exercises", "Chapter 5. Sorting", " 5.1* Combinatorial Properties of Permutations", " 5.1.1* Inversions", " 5.1.2* Permutations of a Multiset", " 5.1.3* Runs", " 5.1.4* Tableaux and Involutions", " 5.2. Internal sorting", " 5.2.1. Sorting by Insertion", " 5.2.2. Sorting by Exchanging", " 5.2.3. Sorting by Selection", " 5.2.4. Sorting by Merging", " 5.2.5. Sorting by Distribution", " 5.3. Optimum Sorting", " 5.3.1. Minimum-Comparison Sorting", " 5.3.2* Minimum-Comparison Merging", " 5.3.3* Minimum-Comparison Selection", " 5.3.4* Networks for Sorting", " 5.4. External Sorting", " 5.4.1. Multiway Merging and Replacement Selection", " 5.4.2. The Polyphase Merge", " 5.4.3. The Cascade Merge", " 5.4.4. Reading Tape Backwards", " 5.4.5. The Oscillating Sort", " 5.4.6. Practical Considerations for Tape Merging", " 5.4.7* External Radix Sorting", " 5.4.8* Two-Tape Sorting", " 5.4.9. Disks and Drums", " 5.5. Summary, History, and Bibliography", "Chapter 6. Searching", " 6.1 Sequential Searching", " 6.2 Searching by Comparison of Keys", " 6.2.1 Searching an Ordered Table", " 6.2.2 Binary Tree Searching", " 6.2.3 Balanced Trees", " 6.2.4 Multiway Trees", " 6.3. Digital Searching", " 6.4. Hashing", " 6.5. Retrieval on Secondary Keys", "Answers to Exercises", "Appendix A: Tables of Numerical Quantities", " 1. Fundamental Constants (decimal)", " 2. Fundamental Constants (octal)", " 3. Harmonic Numbers, Bernoulli Numbers, Fibonacci Numbers", "Appendix B: Index to Notations", "Index and Glossary".

Biblen om sortering og søgning. En masse varianter hedder noget med Knuth, fx Bose-Nelson-Knuth Search. ( )

I used to be able to quote verbatim from various parts of this book. The massive influence Knuth had upon the computing world cannot be overestimated. I long ago accepted that the promised volumes 4, 5, 6, and 7 would never appear, and am pleased and amazed to see that there's a Volume 4A. ( )