Determining the mode

David Dobkin; J. Ian Munro

doi:10.1016/0304-3975(80)90057-2

Determining the mode

David Dobkin
, J. Ian Munro

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The complexity of computing modes and of sorting multisets is considered. Previous lower bounds are improved and an algorithm is given to determine the mode of a multiset in a number of comparisons differing from the lower bound by only a ‘lower order term’.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	255-263
Number of pages	9
Journal	Theoretical Computer Science
Volume	12
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3975(80)90057-2
State	Published - 1980

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Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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