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diff --git a/tsort.txi b/tsort.txi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..559c092 --- /dev/null +++ b/tsort.txi @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +@code{(require 'topological-sort)} or @code{(require 'tsort)} +@ftindex topological-sort +@ftindex tsort + +@noindent +The algorithm is inspired by Cormen, Leiserson and Rivest (1990) +@cite{Introduction to Algorithms}, chapter 23. + + +@defun tsort dag pred + +@defunx topological-sort dag pred +where +@table @var +@item dag +is a list of sublists. The car of each sublist is a vertex. The cdr is +the adjacency list of that vertex, i.e. a list of all vertices to which +there exists an edge from the car vertex. +@item pred +is one of @code{eq?}, @code{eqv?}, @code{equal?}, @code{=}, +@code{char=?}, @code{char-ci=?}, @code{string=?}, or @code{string-ci=?}. +@end table + +Sort the directed acyclic graph @var{dag} so that for every edge from +vertex @var{u} to @var{v}, @var{u} will come before @var{v} in the +resulting list of vertices. + +Time complexity: O (|V| + |E|) + +Example (from Cormen): +@quotation +Prof. Bumstead topologically sorts his clothing when getting +dressed. The first argument to @code{tsort} describes which +garments he needs to put on before others. (For example, +Prof Bumstead needs to put on his shirt before he puts on his +tie or his belt.) @code{tsort} gives the correct order of dressing: +@end quotation + +@example +(require 'tsort) +@ftindex tsort +(tsort '((shirt tie belt) + (tie jacket) + (belt jacket) + (watch) + (pants shoes belt) + (undershorts pants shoes) + (socks shoes)) + eq?) +@result{} +(socks undershorts pants shoes watch shirt belt tie jacket) +@end example +@end defun |