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Deterministic parallel list ranking

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In this paper we describe a simple parallel algorithm for list ranking. The algorithm is deterministic and runs inO(logn) time on an EREW PRAM withn/logn processors. The algorithm matches the performance of the Cole-Vishkin [CV3] algorithm but is simple and has reasonable constant factors.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, FR-35, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

    Richard J. Anderson

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Southern California, 90089, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Gary L. Miller

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Communicated by F. Thomson Leighton.

R. J. Anderson was supported by an NSF Presidential Young Investigator award and G. L. Miller was supported by NSF Grant DCR-85114961.

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Anderson, R.J., Miller, G.L. Deterministic parallel list ranking. Algorithmica 6, 859–868 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01759076

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