%0 Journal Article
%T An Exploratory Study of Critical Factors Affecting the Efficiency of Sorting Techniques (Shell, Heap and Treap)
%A Olusegun Folorunso
%A Olufunke R. Vincent
%A Oluwatimilehin Salako
%J Annals. Computer Science Series
%D 2010
%I Mirton Publishing House, Timisoara
%X The efficiency of sorting techniques has a significant impact on the overall efficiency of a program. The efficiency of Shell, Heap and Treap sorting techniques in terms of both running time and memory usage was studied, experiments conducted and results subjected to factor analysis by SPSS. The study revealed the main factor affecting these sorting techniques was time taken to sort.
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