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 bogosort [2013/06/07 21:21]will created bogosort [2015/02/02 08:28] (current) 2014/07/05 15:13 will 2014/05/04 16:25 external edit2014/04/28 22:45 will 2014/04/27 15:14 will 2013/06/07 21:31 will 2013/06/07 21:21 will created Next revision Previous revision 2014/07/05 15:13 will 2014/05/04 16:25 external edit2014/04/28 22:45 will 2014/04/27 15:14 will 2013/06/07 21:31 will 2013/06/07 21:21 will created Line 1: Line 1: ====== Bogosort ====== ====== Bogosort ====== + + Bogosort (also stupid sort or slowsort) is a particularly ineffective sorting algorithm based on the generate and test paradigm. It is not useful for sorting, but may be used for educational purposes, to contrast it with other more realistic algorithms. + + Bogosort takes on average $n!$ attempts to select the right answer. Since each ''​isSorted''​ and ''​shuffle''​ are $O(n)$, bogosort takes $O(n.n!)$ time overall. The extreme time complexity is the reason this example is only sorting 5 items. + + This implementation makes use of [[Is Sorted]] and [[Fisher-Yates shuffle]]. + + ===== Properties ===== + * $O(1)$ space + * $O(n.n!)$ time + * Not stable + * Not adaptive [algorithm bogosort] [algorithm bogosort]