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Fischer, Michael J. and Paterson, Michael S. (1992) Fishspear : a priority queue algorithm. University of Warwick. Department of Computer Science. (Department of Computer Science research report). (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The Fishspear priority queue algorithm is presented and analyzed. Fishspear is comparable to the usual heap algorithm in its worst case running time, and its relative performance is much better in many common situations. Fishspear also differs from the heap method in that it can be implemented efficiently using sequential storage such as stacks or tapes, making it potentially attractive for implementation of very large queues on paged memory systems.

Item Type: Report
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Queuing theory, Data structures (Computer science)
Series Name: Department of Computer Science research report
Publisher: University of Warwick. Department of Computer Science
Official Date: June 1992
Dates:
DateEvent
June 1992Completion
Number: Number 221
Number of Pages: 32
DOI: CS-RR-221
Institution: University of Warwick
Theses Department: Department of Computer Science
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Unpublished
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): M.J.&nbsp;Fischer and M.S.&nbsp;Paterson, &ldquo;Fishspear: A Priority Queue Algorithm&rdquo;, <i>Journal of the ACM</i> <b>41</b>, pp.&nbsp;3-30 (1994)
Funder: United States. Office of Naval Research, National Science Foundation (U.S.) (NSF), European Strategic Programme of Research and Development in Information Technology (ESPRIT), Science and Engineering Research Council (Great Britain) (SERC)
Grant number: N00014-82-K-0154 (ONR), N00014-89-J-1980 (ONR), MCS-8116678 (NSF), MCS-8405478 (NSF), IRI-9015570 (NSF), 3075 (ESPRIT), 7141 (ESPRIT)
Version or Related Resource: Fischer, M.J. and Paterson, M.S. (1994). Fishspear: a priority queue algorithm. Journal of the ACM, 41(1), pp. 3-30.
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