(algorithm)
Definition: Search a sorted array by checking every jth item until the right area is found, then doing a linear search. The optimum for n items is when j=√ n.
Also known as block search.
Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
search.
See also interpolation search, binary search, linear search.
Note: If there will be two levels of jumping, the optimum is j=n2/3 for the first jumps and j=n1/3 for the second level of jumps.
Author: PEB
Ben Shneiderman, Jump Searching: A Fast Sequential Search Technique, CACM, 21(10):831-834, October 1978.
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Entry modified 8 March 2004.
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Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
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