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A new ordering on an array that offers faster searching than binary search, yet is just as simple. Allows for O(log(n)) modifications and searches. Paper and details forthcoming.
$ gcc -O4 -o shuffle_search.out shuffle_search.c
$ ./shuffle_search.out
Generate 10000000 random input values...
Select 1000000 random items from the input and duplicating 10x times...
Random reorder selected items
Sorting input... qsort O(nlogn)
Shuffle transforming input... O(n)
Binary searching
3.932018
3.933678
3.930304
3.914224
3.913806
3.913014
3.914340
3.913783
3.911145
3.910197
Shuffle searching
2.360457
2.359909
2.360207
2.360000
2.360559
2.359838
2.359948
2.360830
2.360778
2.360171
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