Reference no: EM131841600
Problem
This problem deals with modification of the quick-select algorithm to make it deterministic yet still run in O(n) time on an n-element sequence. The idea is to modify the way we choose the pivot so that it is chosen deterministically, not randomly, as follows:
Partition the set S into ...n/5... groups of size 5 each (except possibly for one group). Sort each little set and identify the median element in this set. From this set of ...n/5... "baby" medians, apply the selection algorithm recursively to find the
median of the baby medians. Use this element as the pivot and proceed as in the quick-select algorithm. Show that this deterministic method runs in O(n) time by answering the following questions (please ignore floor and ceiling functions if that simplifies the mathematics, for the asymptotics are the same either way):
a. How many baby medians are less than or equal to the chosen pivot? How many are greater than or equal to the pivot?
b. For each baby median less than or equal to the pivot, how many other elements are less than or equal to the pivot? Is the same true for those greater than or equal to the pivot?
c. Argue why the method for finding the deterministic pivot and using it to partition S takes O(n) time.
d. Based on these estimates, write a recurrence equation to bound the worst-case running time t(n) for this selection algorithm (note that in the worst case there are two recursive calls-one to find the median of the baby medians and one to recur on the larger of L and G). e. Using this recurrence equation, show by induction that t(n) is O(n).
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