Trakla - Heap Sort

Recommendation

Not Recommended

Link

http://www.cs.hut.fi/Research/TRAKLA2/exercises/HeapSort.html

Delivery Method

Java Application

License

GPL

Language

English

Author

Ville Karavirta; Ari Korhonen; Lauri Malmi; Kimmo Stålnacke

Institution

Helsinki University of Technology

Project

Trakla2

RelationshipToProject

PartOfProject

Works

Yes

Description

User works through an exercise of swapping elements within the heap to demonstrate proficiency at the mechanics of mergesort.

Evaluation

As an exercise, this is too tedious, and the directions are unclear. Stepping through the "model answer" provides no understanding of how the algorithm works because the granularity is to large (one step per max element removed), such that the user can't recognize what changed in the heap at each step.

ActivityLevel

Canned Data; Predictions

GoodFor

Lecture Aid; Self Study; Lab Exercise

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Videos

References

HowToUse

First Visited

2008-07-29

Last Visited

2008-07-29

Last Updated

2006-01-25

Topic

HeapSort

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