(algorithm)
Definition: A specialized sort algorithm that first builds a blind trie, then traverse the tree left to right.
Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
sort.
Aggregate parent (I am a part of or used in ...)
suffix array.
Aggregate child (... is a part of or used in me.)
blind trie, depth-first search.
See also treesort (1).
Note: Used in a specialized algorithm to build suffix arrays.
Author: PEB
Paolo Ferragina and Roberto Grossi, The string B-tree: a new data structure for string search in external memory and its applications, Journal of the ACM, 46(2):236 - 280, March 1999.
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Entry modified 19 December 2007.
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Paul E. Black, "blind sort", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 19 December 2007. (accessed TODAY)
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