Engineering fundamentals aren’t just for computer science students. They pay huge dividends in both your systems’ service ...

Insertion Sort takes a smarter approach. Instead of dragging the largest item to the end, it builds a sorted section piece by piece. This is a lot like organizing playing cards in your hand. It cuts ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

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The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal. Computer scientists often ...

Insertion sort is another sorting algorithm. Insertion sort tends to be faster than bubble sort or selection sort. Here’s how it works. Start by treating the first element as sorted. Take the first ...

ABSTRACT: This study presents a two-echelon inventory routing problem (2E-IRP) with an end-of-tour replenishment (ETR) policy whose distribution network consists of a supplier, several distribution ...