A Study of Sort Algorithms for Multiprocessor Database Machines
Summary: Parallel external and internal sorting on multiprocessor DB machines; replaces comparison-exchanges with B-way merges and introduces the modified block bitonic sort. Outperforms rivals across wide parameter ranges, aided by memory buffering and techniques like pipelining and parallel internal sorting. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Jai Menon
Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 1,559 | Evaluation of Main Memory Join Algorithms for Joins with Subset Join Predicates | 1997 | VLDB | 0.00011368746 |
| 6,453 | Diag-Join: An Opportunistic Join Algorithm for 1:N Relationships | 1998 | VLDB | 5.0514579e-05 |
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 30 | Hashing Methods and Relational Algebra Operations | 1984 | VLDB | 0.00078665259 |
| 1,433 | Query Execution in DIRECT | 1979 | SIGMOD | 0.00011997791 |
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