Cascade merge sort is similar to the polyphase merge sort but uses a simpler distribution. The merge is slower than a polyphase merge when there are fewer than six files, but faster when there are more than six.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ Bradley 1982, pp. 189–190
- ^ Knuth, Donald (1998). The Art of Computer Programming (2nd ed.). Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley. p. 288. ISBN 0201896850.
- Bradley, James (1982), File and Data Base Techniques, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, ISBN 0-03-058673-9