r1 < r2 < · · · < rq from unsorted elements here: all distinct x1 , . . . , xN ⇝ Report sought elements x(r1) , . . . , x(rq) in sorted order Example: 67 x1 30 x2 45 x3 33 x4 15 x5 99 x6 26 x7 90 x8 55 x9 9 x10 96 x11 45 x12 95 x13 31 x14 3 x15 3 1 9 2 15 3 26 4 30 5 31 6 33 7 45 8 45 9 55 10 67 11 90 12 95 13 96 14 99 15 r1 = 1 r2 = 2 r3 = 3 r4 = 8 Answer: 3, 9, 15, 45 Simple algorithms: 1 q calls to selection algorithm (quickselect, median of medians) ⇝ O(Nq) 2 Divide & conquer 1: (single) select r⌈q/2⌉ -th smallest and partition x1 , . . . , xN around it. Recursively select r1 , . . . , r⌈q/2⌉−1 and r⌈q/2⌉+1 , . . . , rq ⇝ O(N lg q) 3 Divide & conquer 2: Find median of x1 , . . . , xN and split query ranks. Recurse where subproblem contains query ranks. ⇝ O(N lg q) Sebastian Wild Funnelselect: Cache-Oblivious Multiple Selection 2023-09-05 2 / 12