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topological sort

(definition)

Definition: To arrange items when some pairs of items have no comparison, that is, according to a partial order.

Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
sort.

Aggregate child (... is a part of or used in me.)
partial order.

See also topological order, directed acyclic graph.

Note: After [Leda98].

Author: PEB

Implementation

Eric Lippert's narrative example and solution (JScript). (C++, Mathematica, C, and Pascal)
Go to the Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures home page.

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Entry modified 2 September 2014.
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Cite this as:
Paul E. Black, "topological sort", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 2 September 2014. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/topologicalSort.html