NAME
    Algorithm::Bitonic::Sort - Sorting numbers with Bitonic Sort

VERSION
    Version 0.05

SYNOPSIS
    Use Algorithm::Bitonic::Sort with the following style.

            use Algorithm::Bitonic::Sort;
        
            my @sample = (1,4,8,4,4365,2,67,33,345);
            my @result_inc = bitonic_sort( 1 ,@sample);     # incremental
            my @result_dec = bitonic_sort( 0 ,@sample);     # decremental

DESCRIPTION
    Bitonic mergesort is a parallel algorithm for sorting. It is also used as
    a construction method for building a sorting network. This is an Perl 5
    implementation of Ken Batcher's Bitonic mergesort.

Limitation
    This is a enhanced version of Bitonic Sort which removed the limitation of
    original version. This module supports any amount of numbers.

    The original Bitonic can only sort N numbers, which N is a power of 2.

EXPORT
    bitonic_sort

SUBROUTINES
  bitonic_sort
    The First Parameter works as the ascending/decreasing selector. True (1 or
    any true value) means ascending (incremental), False (0 or any false
    value) means decreasing.

    All other params will be treated as members/items to be sorted.

AUTHOR
    BlueT - Matthew Lien - 練喆明, "<BlueT at BlueT.org>"

INSTALLATION
    To install this module, run the following commands:

            perl Makefile.PL
            make
            make test
            make install

    Or install with cpanm

            cpanm Algorithm::Bitonic::Sort

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to CPAN (
    "bug-algorithm-bitonic-sort at rt.cpan.org",
    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Algorithm-Bitonic-Sort> )
    or GitHub (<https://github.com/BlueT/Algorithm-Bitonic-Sort/issues>). I
    will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
    your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc Algorithm::Bitonic::Sort

    You can also look for information at:

    *   RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)

        <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Algorithm-Bitonic-Sort>

    *   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

        <http://annocpan.org/dist/Algorithm-Bitonic-Sort>

    *   CPAN Ratings

        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Algorithm-Bitonic-Sort>

    *   Search CPAN

        <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Algorithm-Bitonic-Sort/>

    *   Launchpad

        <https://launchpad.net/p5-algorithm-bitonic-sort>

    *   GitHub

        <https://github.com/BlueT/Algorithm-Bitonic-Sort>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SEE ALSO
    *   Batcher's web page at Kent State University

        <http://www.cs.kent.edu/~batcher/>

    *   Bitonic sorter on Wikipedia

        <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitonic_sorter>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2012-2017 BlueT - Matthew Lien - 練喆明.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

    See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.