X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=sort-networks.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=2fece436131088512a5978e2eb4503ee6c812268;hp=11eb0e36878b5ebce63011a34a55144296c1573e;hb=HEAD;hpb=20654ac6459bf35aca93eb913873f1e5afd3f518 diff --git a/README b/README index 11eb0e3..2fece43 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ The distribution includes the following utility programs: Reads a list of values from STDIN and applies a given comparator network to the list. The resulting list of printed to STDOUT. - * sn-batcher - Creates a batcher bitonic-merge-sort network with a given number of inputs - and prints the network to STDOUT. The number of inputs must be a power of - two. + * sn-bitonicmerge + Creates a bitonic merge network with a given number of left and right + inputs. The resulting network is printed to STDOUT. + + * sn-bitonicsort + Creates a bitonic mergesort network with a given number of inputs and + prints the network to STDOUT. * sn-check-bf Does a brute-force check whether a given comparator network is a sort @@ -30,14 +33,14 @@ The distribution includes the following utility programs: time, so only small networks can be tested within a reasonable time. * sn-cut - Remove an input by assuming positive or negative infinity to be applied to - one input and "winning" or "losing" all comparisons. + Removes one or more inputs by assuming positive or negative infinity to be + applied to the inputs to remove. * sn-info - Display information about a comparator network in human readable form. + Displays information about a comparator network in human readable form. * sn-merge - Combine two sort networks using the odd-even-merge network. + Combines two sort networks using the odd-even or bitonic merge network. * sn-normalize Reads a sort network and prints a normalized version to STDOUT. A @@ -45,15 +48,16 @@ The distribution includes the following utility programs: way. * sn-oddevenmerge - Create an odd-even merge network with a given number of left and right + Creates an odd-even merge network with a given number of left and right inputs. The resulting network is printed to STDOUT. * sn-oddevensort Creates an odd-even mergesort network with a given number of inputs and prints the network to STDOUT. - * sn-pairwise - Create a pairwise sorting network based on the paper by Ian Parberry. + * sn-pairwisesort + Creates a pairwise sorting network based on the paper by Ian Parberry. + The number of inputs must be a power of two. * sn-shmoo Prints a so-called "shmoo chart" of a comparator network to STDOUT. The @@ -63,14 +67,28 @@ The distribution includes the following utility programs: * sn-show Prints an ASCII version of a sort network to STDOUT. + * sn-svg + Prints the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) sources of a graphic + representation of a comparator network to STDOUT. + * sn-tex Prints the TikZ / TeX sources of a graphic representation of a comparator network to STDOUT. + * sn-tex-cut + Prints the TikZ / TeX sources of a graphic representation of a cut sequence + to STDOUT. + + * sn-transpositionsort + Creates an odd-even transpositionsort network with the given number of + inputs and prints the network to STDOUT. + Experimental / research applications: * sn-bb * sn-bb-merge + * sn-count-cuts + * sn-count-markov * sn-markov * sn-evolution * sn-evolution2