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topological sort

(definition)

Definition: To arrange items when some pairs of items have no comparison, that is, according to a partial order.

Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
sort.

Aggregate child (... is a part of or used in me.)
partial order.

See also topological order, directed acyclic graph.

Note: After [Leda98].

Author: PEB

Implementation

Eric Lippert's narrative example and solution (JScript). (C++, Mathematica, C, and Pascal) (Python). topological sort for directed graphs (Java) from Sedgewick and Wayne "Algorithms" 4th edition.
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