(algorithm)
Definition: Variants of heapsort.
Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
heapsort.
Aggregate child (... is a part of or used in me.)
balanced binary search tree, heap.
See also treesort (1).
Note: The algorithms Floyd named treesort can be seen as developments leading to what we now call heapsort.
Author: PEB
Robert W. Floyd, Algorithm 245 Treesort 3, CACM, 7(12):701, December 1964.
Robert W. Floyd, Algorithm 113 Treesort, CACM, 5(8):434, August 1962.
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