Cascade merge sort

Cascade merge sort is similar to the polyphase merge sort but uses a simpler distribution. The merge is slower than a polyphase merge when there are fewer than six files, but faster when there are more than six.^[1]

References

^ Bradley 1982, pp. 189–190

Bradley, James (1982), File and Data Base Techniques, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, ISBN 0-03-058673-9

External links

http://www.minkhollow.ca/Courses/461/Notes/Cosequential/Cascade.html

Sorting algorithms

Theory	Computational complexity theory Big O notation Total order Lists Inplacement Stability Comparison sort Adaptive sort Sorting network Integer sorting X + Y sorting Transdichotomous model Quantum sort

Exchange sorts	Bubble sort Cocktail shaker sort Odd–even sort Comb sort Gnome sort Quicksort Stooge sort Bogosort

Selection sorts	Selection sort Heapsort Smoothsort Cartesian tree sort Tournament sort Cycle sort

Insertion sorts	Insertion sort Shellsort Splaysort Tree sort Library sort Patience sorting

Merge sorts	Merge sort Cascade merge sort Oscillating merge sort Polyphase merge sort

Distribution sorts	American flag sort Bead sort Bucket sort Burstsort Counting sort Pigeonhole sort Proxmap sort Radix sort Flashsort

Concurrent sorts	Bitonic sorter Batcher odd–even mergesort Pairwise sorting network

Hybrid sorts	Block merge sort Timsort Introsort Spreadsort

Other	Topological sorting Pancake sorting Spaghetti sort