Summary Datastructures Overview

Algorithms Running time Features
----- Sorting Algorithms -----
Name: QuickSort Worst Case: Θ(n2) (Θ(n log n) using linear time Using Pivot: yes
median finding) Stable: Yes
Average Case: Θ(n log n) In Place: Yes
Name: MergeSort Worst Case: O(n log n) Stable: Yes
In Place: No
Name: HeapSort Worst Case: O(n log n) Stable: No
In Place: Yes
Name: BubbleSort Worst Case: O(n2)
Name: InsertionSort Worst Case: Θ(n2) Stable: Yes
In place: Yes
Name: SelectionSort Worst Case: O(n2)
Name: BucketSort Worst Case: O(n2)
Input: Array with real number elements between 0 Average Case: Θ(n)
and 1 Best Case: Θ(n)
Name: RadixSort Worst Case: O(nk)
Input: Array with integer elements of d digits Average Case: Θ(d(n+k))
Best Case: Θ(n)
Name: CountingSort Worst Case: Θ(n) Stable: Yes
Input: Array with interger elements in the range 0 to k Avarage Case: Θ(n+k)
Name: TopologicalSort Worst Case: Θ(V + E)
Input: Directed, acyclic graph (DAG) G = (V, E)
Output: A linear ordering of v1 ,v2 ,…, vn ∈ V, such that
if (vi ,vj ) ∈ E then i < j
----- Searching Algorithms -----
Name: LinearSearch Worst Case: Θ(n)
Input: Increasing sequence of n numbers A = ‹a1, a2, Average Case: Θ(n/2) (if successful)
…, an› and value v Best Case: Θ(1)
Output: An index i such that A[i] = v or NIL if v not in A
Name: BinarySearch Worst Case: Θ(log n)
Input: Increasing sequence of n numbers A = ‹a1, a2, Average Case: Θ(log n)
…, an› and value v Best Case: Θ(log n)
Output: an index i such that A[i] = v or NIL if v not in A
Name: Chained-Hash-Search Worst Case: O(1 + length of T[h(k)]) = O(n)
Input: List T and a key k Average Case: O(1 + # elements in T[h(k)]
Output: Element with key k in list T[h(k)] ahead of k) = Θ(1+α) (Θ(1) if m = Ω(n))
Name: TreeSearch Worst Case: Θ(h)
Average Case: Θ(length of search path)
Name: BreadthFirstSearch or BFS Worst Case: O(V + E)
Name: DepthFirstSearch or DFS Worst Case: Θ(V + E)
----- Other Algorithms -----
Name: Krustal or Prim Worst Case: O(E log V)
Input: undirected, weighted graph G = (V, E) 
weighted graph = each edge (u, v) has a weight w(u, v)
Output: a set of edges T ⊂ E such that 1. T connects all
vertices, and 2. w(T) = ∑ (u, v) ∈ T w(u,v) is minimized

Operations Search Insert Delete Max- Extract- Increase- Max- Build- Heap-
Datastructures imum Max Key Heapify Max-Heap sort
Sorted List Θ(n) Θ(n) Θ(1) Θ(1) Θ(1) Θ(n)
Sorted Array Θ(log n) Θ(n) Θ(n) Θ(1) Θ(n) Θ(n)
Heap Θ(log n) Θ(log n) Θ(1) Θ(log n) Θ(log n) Θ(log n) Θ(n) Θ(nlog n)
Tree (BST or R-B-Tree) Θ(log n) Θ(log n) Θ(log n) Θ(log n)
Hash Table Θ(1) Θ(1) Θ(1)