refer to kth order statistics in the book intro to algorithms by coreman --
Amol Sharma Final Year Student Computer Science and Engineering MNNIT Allahabad <http://gplus.to/amolsharma99> <http://twitter.com/amolsharma99><http://in.linkedin.com/pub/amol-sharma/21/79b/507><http://www.simplyamol.blogspot.com/><http://facebook.com/amolsharma99> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Ashish Goel <[email protected]> wrote: > is the modification of the given array allowed? > > if yes use quick select, otherwise build tree where each node keeps count > of its left subtree > Best Regards > Ashish Goel > "Think positive and find fuel in failure" > +919985813081 > +919966006652 > > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Prem Nagarajan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Give an array of unsorted elements, find the kth smallest element in the >> array. >> >> The expected time complexity is O(n) and no extra memory space should be >> used. >> >> Quickselect algorithm can be used to obtain the solution. Can anyone >> explain how quickselect works? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
