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Fast Sorting on a Distributed-Memory Architecture

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Cheng, David R.; Shah, Viral; Gilbert, John R.; Edelman, Alan
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We consider the often-studied problem of sorting, for a parallel computer. Given an input array distributed evenly over p processors, the task is to compute the sorted output array, also distributed over the p processors. Many existing algorithms take the approach of approximately load-balancing the output, leaving each processor with Θ(n/p) elements. However, in many cases, approximate load-balancing leads to inefficiencies in both the sorting itself and in further uses of the data after sorting. We provide a deterministic parallel sorting algorithm that uses parallel selection to produce any output distribution exactly, particularly one that is perfectly load-balanced. Furthermore, when using a comparison sort, this algorithm is 1-optimal in both computation and communication. We provide an empirical study that illustrates the efficiency of exact data splitting, and shows an improvement over two sample sort algorithms.
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2005-01
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7418
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Computer Science (CS);
Keywords
Parallel sorting, distributed-memory algorithms, High Performance Computing

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