Bitonic Sort Visualization

DESCRIPTION

Bitonic Sort is a comparison-based sorting algorithm that follows a parallel approach to sorting by dividing the array into bitonic sequences and merging them efficiently.

The algorithm first converts the input into a bitonic sequence, where the first half is sorted in ascending order and the second half in descending order. It then recursively merges the sequence into a fully sorted array using bitonic merging.

Bitonic Sort has a time complexity of O(log² n) in parallel implementations, making it efficient for hardware-based parallel sorting. However, in sequential execution, it is less efficient than algorithms like QuickSort or MergeSort.

One key advantage of Bitonic Sort is that it is highly suitable for parallel processing and can be efficiently implemented in GPU-based systems or hardware circuits like FPGA and ASIC.

While Bitonic Sort is not commonly used in standard software sorting applications, it is extensively used in parallel computing, networking, and hardware-based sorting applications due to its structured and predictable behavior.