The Algorithm Visualization Catalog is a comprehensive collection of links to algorithm visualizations, or AVs.

Animal - Binary Search

Link(s)
http://www.algoanim.info/AnimalAV
Topic(s)
Binary Search, Search Algorithms



Recommendation
  
Lecture Aide Not Recommended
Self-study Supplement Not Recommended
Standalone Not Recommended
Debugging Aide Not Recommended
Works?
Yes
Delivery Method(s)
Animal Animation
Project
Animal
Project Relationship
Part of project
Language(s)
English, German
Author(s)
Carsten Schwender, Guido Rößling
Institution(s)
TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Activity Level(s)
Animation, Canned data, Step control
Source Code License
Non-commercial use only
First Published
N/A
Last Modified
N/A

Description

Presented as a series of slides, with pseudocode. The animation demonstrates the course of a binary search and shows the source code. To better understand the procedure the current code line is highlighted. Additionally the source code was annotated showing which program line corresponds to which part of the divide and conquer strategy. In addition to the AV linked above, there are other examples of binary search are provided in the complete Animal package.

Evaluation

Not so clear what is going on. A major problem is that the right and left subarray bounds variables are not visually integrated with the array.

Usage Notes

For detailed instructions on how to install Animal and run Animal AVs, see: http://www.algoanim.info/Animal2/?q=node/290. Once you have installed the Animal .jar file and downloaded/unpacked the .zip file of Animal animations, you are now ready to run Animal. Run the .jar file to start Animal. Then go to the "Open" menu item, and browse to where you put the animal animations you got in the .zip file. Pick this AV from the list. You can then step through the animation, or use "kiosk mode" to have the steps fed to you at a constant pace.

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Score
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