Database System Concepts
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ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Stable algorithms
a. Explain the meaning of stability in a sorting
b. Explain a situation why stability in sorting is desired.
c. State which algorithms are stable
i. selection sort
ii. bubble sort
ii. insertion sort
iii. merge sort
iv. quick sort
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