Recommendation

Has Potential

Link

http://www.cs.hope.edu/~dershem/ccaa/animator/Animator.html

Delivery Method

Java Applet

License

Unavailable

Language

English

Author

Peter Brummund

Institution

Hope College

Project

Animator

RelationshipToProject

PartOfCollection

Works

Yes

Description

Traditional swapping-bars animation with user-selectable colors, number of blocks, a few data set choices(random, ascending, descending), speed control(but no step-through), and AlgorithmSimulation-type readouts for number of swaps and number of compares. Also has bounce-along Java code.

Evaluation

This is an OK visualization if all you need is an animation and are already familiar with QuickSort. There is support for showing what subset of the array is being worked on, a feature not commonly found. It shows the number of comparison and number of swap required, which can help in performance comparison with other algorithms. However, most of the features are cosmetic in nature and do not add much value. The pseudo code is in C, which users may not be familiar with. No rewind-playback option, need to start from the beginning. Does not guide the user to explore corner cases. Does not provide any explanation of the algorithm. No option for user input.

ActivityLevel

GoodFor

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References

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First Visited

2006-11-07

Last Visited

2006-11-07

Last Updated

Topic

QuickSort

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