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Bucket sort algorithm is an effective approach to sort very large files, whereas the probability of bucket overflow hinders its efficiency. The paper puts forward a more effective bucket sort algorithm, THShort2, which subtly handles the overflowed buckets. For a different degree of bucket overflow, we propose a corresponding processing scheme. The correctness and efficiency of THShort2 is proofed theoretically. The experiment results show that the performance of THSort2 is about triple times of NTSort, and 50% faster than THSort.
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China under the grant No. 60403043.
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Liu, P., Ma, Yp., Dong, Js. (2007). Adaptive Processing Scheme of Overflowed Buckets for Bucket Sort Algorithm. In: Castillo, O., Melin, P., Ross, O.M., Sepúlveda Cruz, R., Pedrycz, W., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Theoretical Advances and Applications of Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing. Advances in Soft Computing, vol 42. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72434-6_49
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