Yates' algorithm

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:algorithm
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Fisher–Yates_shuffle
gptkbp:application cryptography
games
random sampling
statistical simulations
gptkbp:category permutation algorithm
randomization algorithm
gptkbp:complexity O(n)
gptkbp:field computer science
statistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yates' algorithm
gptkbp:improves gptkb:Donald_Knuth
Richard Durstenfeld
gptkbp:introducedIn 1938
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Frank_Yates
gptkbp:output random permutation
gptkbp:purpose randomly shuffling a finite sequence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_R._Yates
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7