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Invited Talk
DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.SEA.2020.2
Algorithm Engineering for Sorting and Searching, and All That (Invited Talk)

Authors: Stefan Edelkamp

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 160, 18th International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2020)

Abstract
We look at several proposals to engineer the set of fundamental searching and sorting algorithms. Aspects are improving locality of disk access and cache access, the efficiency tuning by reducing the number of branch mispredictions, and reducing at leading factors hidden in the Big-Oh notation. These studies in algorithm engineering, in turn, lead to exiting new algorithm designs. On the practical side, we will establish that efficient sorting and searching algorithms are in tight collaboration, as sorting is used for finding duplicates in disk-based search, and heap structures designed for efficient graph search can be exploited in classical and adaptive sorting. We indicate the effects of engineered sorting and searching for combined task and motion planning.
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Stefan Edelkamp. Algorithm Engineering for Sorting and Searching, and All That (Invited Talk). In 18th International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2020). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 160, pp. 2:1-2:3, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020)

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@InProceedings{edelkamp:LIPIcs.SEA.2020.2,
  author =	{Edelkamp, Stefan},
  title =	{{Algorithm Engineering for Sorting and Searching, and All That}},
  booktitle =	{18th International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2020)},
  pages =	{2:1--2:3},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-148-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{160},
  editor =	{Faro, Simone and Cantone, Domenico},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SEA.2020.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-120766},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SEA.2020.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: Sorting, Searching, Algorithm Engineering}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2016.38
BlockQuicksort: Avoiding Branch Mispredictions in Quicksort

Authors: Stefan Edelkamp and Armin Weiss

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 57, 24th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2016)

Abstract
Since the work of Kaligosi and Sanders (2006), it is well-known that Quicksort - which is commonly considered as one of the fastest in-place sorting algorithms - suffers in an essential way from branch mispredictions. We present a novel approach to address this problem by partially decoupling control from data flow: in order to perform the partitioning, we split the input in blocks of constant size (we propose 128 data elements); then, all elements in one block are compared with the pivot and the outcomes of the comparisons are stored in a buffer. In a second pass, the respective elements are rearranged. By doing so, we avoid conditional branches based on outcomes of comparisons at all (except for the final Insertionsort). Moreover, we prove that for a static branch predictor the average total number of branch mispredictions is at most epsilon n log n + O(n) for some small epsilon depending on the block size when sorting n elements. Our experimental results are promising: when sorting random integer data, we achieve an increase in speed (number of elements sorted per second) of more than 80% over the GCC implementation of C++ std::sort. Also for many other types of data and non-random inputs, there is still a significant speedup over std::sort. Only in few special cases like sorted or almost sorted inputs, std::sort can beat our implementation. Moreover, even on random input permutations, our implementation is even slightly faster than an implementation of the highly tuned Super Scalar Sample Sort, which uses a linear amount of additional space.
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Stefan Edelkamp and Armin Weiss. BlockQuicksort: Avoiding Branch Mispredictions in Quicksort. In 24th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 57, pp. 38:1-38:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)

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@InProceedings{edelkamp_et_al:LIPIcs.ESA.2016.38,
  author =	{Edelkamp, Stefan and Weiss, Armin},
  title =	{{BlockQuicksort: Avoiding Branch Mispredictions in Quicksort}},
  booktitle =	{24th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms (ESA 2016)},
  pages =	{38:1--38:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-015-6},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{57},
  editor =	{Sankowski, Piotr and Zaroliagis, Christos},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2016.38},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-63890},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ESA.2016.38},
  annote =	{Keywords: in-place sorting, Quicksort, branch mispredictions, lean programs}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagRep.4.11.227
Automated Planning and Model Checking (Dagstuhl Seminar 14482)

Authors: Alessandro Cimatti, Stefan Edelkamp, Maria Fox, Daniele Magazzeni, and Erion Plaku

Published in: Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 4, Issue 11 (2015)

Abstract
This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 14482 "Automated Planning and Model Checking". There has been a lot of work on the exchanges between the areas of automated planning and model checking, based on the observation that a model-checking problem can be cast as a planning problem and vice-versa. The motivation for this seminar was to increase the synergy between the two research communities, and explore recent progress in the two areas in terms of techniques, tools and formalisms for describing planning and verification problems. The main outcomes were a greater common understanding of planning and model-checking issues and challenges, and greater appreciation of the crosswover between the modelling languages and methods. Different application domains were also explored, where planning and model-checking can be effectively integrated.
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Alessandro Cimatti, Stefan Edelkamp, Maria Fox, Daniele Magazzeni, and Erion Plaku. Automated Planning and Model Checking (Dagstuhl Seminar 14482). In Dagstuhl Reports, Volume 4, Issue 11, pp. 227-245, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2015)

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@Article{cimatti_et_al:DagRep.4.11.227,
  author =	{Cimatti, Alessandro and Edelkamp, Stefan and Fox, Maria and Magazzeni, Daniele and Plaku, Erion},
  title =	{{Automated Planning and Model Checking (Dagstuhl Seminar 14482)}},
  pages =	{227--245},
  journal =	{Dagstuhl Reports},
  ISSN =	{2192-5283},
  year =	{2015},
  volume =	{4},
  number =	{11},
  editor =	{Cimatti, Alessandro and Edelkamp, Stefan and Fox, Maria and Magazzeni, Daniele and Plaku, Erion},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagRep.4.11.227},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-49731},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagRep.4.11.227},
  annote =	{Keywords: planning via model checking, directed model checking, plan validation, falsification, GPU-based state space exploration, hybrid systems, heuristic sea}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.09491.1
09491 Abstracts Collection – Graph Search Engineering

Authors: Lubos Brim, Stefan Edelkamp, Eric A. Hansen, and Peter Sanders

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 9491, Graph Search Engineering (2010)

Abstract
From the 29th November to the 4th December 2009, the Dagstuhl Seminar 09491 ``Graph Search Engineering '' was held in Schloss Dagstuhl~--~Leibniz Center for Informatics. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar as well as abstracts of seminar results and ideas are put together in this paper. The first section describes the seminar topics and goals in general. Links to extended abstracts or full papers are provided, if available.
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Lubos Brim, Stefan Edelkamp, Eric A. Hansen, and Peter Sanders. 09491 Abstracts Collection – Graph Search Engineering. In Graph Search Engineering. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 9491, pp. 1-31, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2010)

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@InProceedings{brim_et_al:DagSemProc.09491.1,
  author =	{Brim, Lubos and Edelkamp, Stefan and Hansen, Eric A. and Sanders, Peter},
  title =	{{09491 Abstracts Collection – Graph Search Engineering}},
  booktitle =	{Graph Search Engineering},
  pages =	{1--31},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2010},
  volume =	{9491},
  editor =	{Lubos Brim and Stefan Edelkamp and Erik A. Hansen and Peter Sanders},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.09491.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-24315},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.09491.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: Model Checking, Artificial Intelligence, AI Planning, State Explosion Problem, Error Detection, Protocol Analysis, Software Verification and Validation, Heuristics, Pattern/Abstraction Databases, I/O Efficient Search, Solid State Disks, GPU}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.06172.1
06172 Abstracts Collection – Directed Model Checking

Authors: Stefan Edelkamp, Stefan Leue, and Willem Visser

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 6172, Directed Model Checking (2007)

Abstract
From 26.04.06 to 29.04.06, the Dagstuhl Seminar 06172 ``Directed Model Checking'' was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar as well as abstracts of seminar results and ideas are put together in this paper. The first section describes the seminar topics and goals in general. Links to extended abstracts or full papers are provided, if available.
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Stefan Edelkamp, Stefan Leue, and Willem Visser. 06172 Abstracts Collection – Directed Model Checking. In Directed Model Checking. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 6172, pp. 1-11, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2007)

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@InProceedings{edelkamp_et_al:DagSemProc.06172.1,
  author =	{Edelkamp, Stefan and Leue, Stefan and Visser, Willem},
  title =	{{06172 Abstracts Collection – Directed Model Checking}},
  booktitle =	{Directed Model Checking},
  pages =	{1--11},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2007},
  volume =	{6172},
  editor =	{Stefan Edelkamp and Stefan Leue and Willem Visser},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.06172.1},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-9469},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.06172.1},
  annote =	{Keywords: Model Checking, Artificial Intelligence, AI Plannning, Guided Traversal, State Explosion Problem}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/DagSemProc.06172.2
06172 Executive Summary – Directed Model Checking

Authors: Stefan Edelkamp, Stefan Leue, and Willem Visser

Published in: Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 6172, Directed Model Checking (2007)

Abstract
This is a summary of the Dagstuhl Seminar 06172 {em Directed Model Checking} that was held 26 - 29 April 2006 at Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany. Directed Model Checking is a software and hardware verification technique that performs a systematic, heuristics guided search of the state space of the model to be analyzed. It hence reconciles classical model checking technology with intelligent, heuristics driven search that has a long tradition in artificial intelligence, in particular in the area of action planning. The benefits are short or even optimally short error trails, in some instances a more efficient exploration of the state space, and the applicability of state space search in some application areas in which unintelligent search would not yield useful results. The seminar brought together researchers from the system verification and the artificial intelligence domain in order to discuss the current state of the art, and to elicit and discuss research challenges and future directions.
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Stefan Edelkamp, Stefan Leue, and Willem Visser. 06172 Executive Summary – Directed Model Checking. In Directed Model Checking. Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 6172, pp. 1-8, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2007)

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@InProceedings{edelkamp_et_al:DagSemProc.06172.2,
  author =	{Edelkamp, Stefan and Leue, Stefan and Visser, Willem},
  title =	{{06172 Executive Summary – Directed Model Checking}},
  booktitle =	{Directed Model Checking},
  pages =	{1--8},
  series =	{Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)},
  ISSN =	{1862-4405},
  year =	{2007},
  volume =	{6172},
  editor =	{Stefan Edelkamp and Stefan Leue and Willem Visser},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.06172.2},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-9443},
  doi =		{10.4230/DagSemProc.06172.2},
  annote =	{Keywords: Model checking, heuristics, state space search, software and hardware verification}
}
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