循环排序算法

Question

当我浏览互联网时，我发现有一种叫做循环排序的算法，它使得最少的内存writes.But，我无法找到算法anywhere.How来检测一个数组中是否有一个循环？有人能对这个算法给出一个完整的解释吗？

Answer 1

如果任何人需要，这里有一个python实现

def cycleSort(vector):
    writes = 0

    # Loop through the vector to find cycles to rotate.
    for cycleStart, item in enumerate(vector):

        # Find where to put the item.
        pos = cycleStart
        for item2 in vector[cycleStart + 1:]:
            if item2 < item:
                pos += 1

        # If the item is already there, this is not a cycle.
        if pos == cycleStart:
            continue

        # Otherwise, put the item there or right after any duplicates.
        while item == vector[pos]:
            pos += 1
        vector[pos], item = item, vector[pos]
        writes += 1

        # Rotate the rest of the cycle.
        while pos != cycleStart:

            # Find where to put the item.
            pos = cycleStart
            for item2 in vector[cycleStart + 1:]:
                if item2 < item:
                    pos += 1

            # Put the item there or right after any duplicates.
            while item == vector[pos]:
                pos += 1
            vector[pos], item = item, vector[pos]
            writes += 1

    return writes


x = [0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 9, 3.5, 5, 8, 4, 7, 0, 6]
w = cycleSort(x) 
print w, x