在PresentationCore.dll的.NET Framework中,有一个通用PriorityQueue<T>
类,其代码可以找到here。
我写了一个简短的程序来测试排序,结果并不是很好:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using MS.Internal;
namespace ConsoleTest {
public static class ConsoleTest {
public static void Main() {
PriorityQueue<int> values = new PriorityQueue<int>(6, Comparer<int>.Default);
Random random = new Random(88);
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
values.Push(random.Next(0, 10000000));
int lastValue = int.MinValue;
int temp;
while (values.Count != 0) {
temp = values.Top;
values.Pop();
if (temp >= lastValue)
lastValue = temp;
else
Console.WriteLine("found sorting error");
Console.WriteLine(temp);
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
结果:
2789658
3411390
4618917
6996709
found sorting error
6381637
9367782
存在排序错误,如果样本量增加,排序错误的数量会按比例增加。
我做错了吗?如果没有,PriorityQueue
类的代码中的错误位于哪里?
答案 0 :(得分:77)
可以使用初始化向量[0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 3]
重现行为。结果是:
[0,1,2,4,3,5]
(我们可以看到3被错误地放置)
Push
算法是正确的。它以一种简单的方式构建一个小堆:
结果树是:
0
/ \
/ \
1 2
/ \ /
4 5 3
问题在于Pop
方法。它首先将顶部节点视为填充的“间隙”(因为我们弹出它):
*
/ \
/ \
1 2
/ \ /
4 5 3
要填充它,它会搜索最低的直接孩子(在这种情况下:1)。然后它将值向上移动以填补空白(并且孩子现在是新的差距):
1
/ \
/ \
* 2
/ \ /
4 5 3
然后它与新的差距完全相同,因此差距再次下降:
1
/ \
/ \
4 2
/ \ /
* 5 3
当差距达到底部时,算法......采用树的最右边的值并用它来填补空白:
1
/ \
/ \
4 2
/ \ /
3 5 *
既然差距位于最右下方的节点,它会递减_count
以消除与树之间的差距:
1
/ \
/ \
4 2
/ \
3 5
我们最终得到了......一堆破碎。
说实话,我不明白作者试图做什么,所以我无法修复现有的代码。最多,我可以将其与工作版本交换(从Wikipedia无耻地复制):
internal void Pop2()
{
if (_count > 0)
{
_count--;
_heap[0] = _heap[_count];
Heapify(0);
}
}
internal void Heapify(int i)
{
int left = (2 * i) + 1;
int right = left + 1;
int smallest = i;
if (left <= _count && _comparer.Compare(_heap[left], _heap[smallest]) < 0)
{
smallest = left;
}
if (right <= _count && _comparer.Compare(_heap[right], _heap[smallest]) < 0)
{
smallest = right;
}
if (smallest != i)
{
var pivot = _heap[i];
_heap[i] = _heap[smallest];
_heap[smallest] = pivot;
Heapify(smallest);
}
}
该代码的主要问题是递归实现,如果元素数量太大,将会中断。我强烈建议使用优化的第三方库。
编辑:我想我发现了什么缺失。在获取最右下角的节点后,作者忘记重新平衡堆:
internal void Pop()
{
Debug.Assert(_count != 0);
if (_count > 1)
{
// Loop invariants:
//
// 1. parent is the index of a gap in the logical tree
// 2. leftChild is
// (a) the index of parent's left child if it has one, or
// (b) a value >= _count if parent is a leaf node
//
int parent = 0;
int leftChild = HeapLeftChild(parent);
while (leftChild < _count)
{
int rightChild = HeapRightFromLeft(leftChild);
int bestChild =
(rightChild < _count && _comparer.Compare(_heap[rightChild], _heap[leftChild]) < 0) ?
rightChild : leftChild;
// Promote bestChild to fill the gap left by parent.
_heap[parent] = _heap[bestChild];
// Restore invariants, i.e., let parent point to the gap.
parent = bestChild;
leftChild = HeapLeftChild(parent);
}
// Fill the last gap by moving the last (i.e., bottom-rightmost) node.
_heap[parent] = _heap[_count - 1];
// FIX: Rebalance the heap
int index = parent;
var value = _heap[parent];
while (index > 0)
{
int parentIndex = HeapParent(index);
if (_comparer.Compare(value, _heap[parentIndex]) < 0)
{
// value is a better match than the parent node so exchange
// places to preserve the "heap" property.
var pivot = _heap[index];
_heap[index] = _heap[parentIndex];
_heap[parentIndex] = pivot;
index = parentIndex;
}
else
{
// Heap is balanced
break;
}
}
}
_count--;
}
答案 1 :(得分:17)
Kevin Gosse的回答确定了问题所在。虽然他对堆的重新平衡会起作用,但如果你修复了原始删除循环中的基本问题,则没有必要。
正如他所指出的那样,我们的想法是用最低,最右边的项目替换堆顶部的项目,然后将其筛选到正确的位置。它是对原始循环的简单修改:
internal void Pop()
{
Debug.Assert(_count != 0);
if (_count > 0)
{
--_count;
// Logically, we're moving the last item (lowest, right-most)
// to the root and then sifting it down.
int ix = 0;
while (ix < _count/2)
{
// find the smallest child
int smallestChild = HeapLeftChild(ix);
int rightChild = HeapRightFromLeft(smallestChild);
if (rightChild < _count-1 && _comparer.Compare(_heap[rightChild], _heap[smallestChild]) < 0)
{
smallestChild = rightChild;
}
// If the item is less than or equal to the smallest child item,
// then we're done.
if (_comparer.Compare(_heap[_count], _heap[smallestChild]) <= 0)
{
break;
}
// Otherwise, move the child up
_heap[ix] = _heap[smallestChild];
// and adjust the index
ix = smallestChild;
}
// Place the item where it belongs
_heap[ix] = _heap[_count];
// and clear the position it used to occupy
_heap[_count] = default(T);
}
}
另请注意,编写的代码存在内存泄漏。这段代码:
// Fill the last gap by moving the last (i.e., bottom-rightmost) node.
_heap[parent] = _heap[_count - 1];
不清除_heap[_count - 1]
的值。如果堆正在存储引用类型,那么引用将保留在堆中,并且在堆的内存被垃圾收集之前无法进行垃圾回收。我不知道这个堆的使用位置,但是如果它很大并且存在很长时间,它可能会导致过多的内存消耗。答案是在复制后清除项目:
_heap[_count - 1] = default(T);
我的替换代码包含了该修复程序。
答案 2 :(得分:0)
尝试使用以下PriorityQueue<T>
测试在问题中链接到XUnit
的.NET Framework 4.8实现中重现此问题,
public class PriorityQueueTests
{
[Fact]
public void PriorityQueueTest()
{
Random random = new Random();
// Run 1 million tests:
for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
{
// Initialize PriorityQueue with default size of 20 using default comparer.
PriorityQueue<int> priorityQueue = new PriorityQueue<int>(20, Comparer<int>.Default);
// Using 200 entries per priority queue ensures possible edge cases with duplicate entries...
for (int j = 0; j < 200; j++)
{
// Populate queue with test data
priorityQueue.Push(random.Next(0, 100));
}
int prev = -1;
while (priorityQueue.Count > 0)
{
// Assert that previous element is less than or equal to current element...
Assert.True(prev <= priorityQueue.Top);
prev = priorityQueue.Top;
// remove top element
priorityQueue.Pop();
}
}
}
}
...在所有一百万个测试用例中均成功:
因此,似乎Microsoft修复了其实现中的错误:
internal void Pop()
{
Debug.Assert(_count != 0);
if (!_isHeap)
{
Heapify();
}
if (_count > 0)
{
--_count;
// discarding the root creates a gap at position 0. We fill the
// gap with the item x from the last position, after first sifting
// the gap to a position where inserting x will maintain the
// heap property. This is done in two phases - SiftDown and SiftUp.
//
// The one-phase method found in many textbooks does 2 comparisons
// per level, while this method does only 1. The one-phase method
// examines fewer levels than the two-phase method, but it does
// more comparisons unless x ends up in the top 2/3 of the tree.
// That accounts for only n^(2/3) items, and x is even more likely
// to end up near the bottom since it came from the bottom in the
// first place. Overall, the two-phase method is noticeably better.
T x = _heap[_count]; // lift item x out from the last position
int index = SiftDown(0); // sift the gap at the root down to the bottom
SiftUp(index, ref x, 0); // sift the gap up, and insert x in its rightful position
_heap[_count] = default(T); // don't leak x
}
}
由于问题中的链接仅指向Microsoft源代码的最新版本(当前为.NET Framework 4.8),因此很难说出代码中到底发生了什么更改,但是最值得注意的是,现在有明确的注释不是< / strong>泄漏内存,因此我们可以假定@JimMischel的答案中提到的内存泄漏也已解决,可以使用Visual Studio诊断工具来确认:
如果发生内存泄漏,我们将在进行几百万次Pop()
操作后在此处看到一些变化...