静态链表插入排序(List Insertion Sort)算法是直接插入排序的一个变种。它的改进目的是减少在直接插入排序中的移动次数（当然这个改进并没有降低复杂度，仍为O(n^2）)，因此在原输入数据的基础上附加了一个静态链表（为了减少空间的消耗，静态链表实际上就是用等长的下标数组link来模拟的，而不需要建立一个等长的动态链结构）。该算法的缺点是：虽然减少了移动次数，但是需要增加一个等长度的link数组，所以也是用空间换取时间的做法。
设输入数组为v[], 在按升序排好序的状态下，设静态链表link[]中某个位置i的元素值为x=v[i]，那么link[i]存储的是该元素x的下一个比它大的元素y=v[j]的位置值j，即link[i]=j。每次插入一个新的元素z=v[i]到左边的sorted list中时，从左边排好序的子序列中的head位置开始比较(注意：在以下实现中，head并不一定指向第一个元素！)，寻着link的下标值，直到找到某个元素的值v[curr]大于(为了保证算法的稳定性，必须是大于而不能大于等于)z为止，这时curr指针的上一个位置指针为next，要插入z到next和curr之间，只需要修改：next指向z，z指向curr。sorted list中最右边一个元素的指针值永远为-1，作为tail标志。
由于得到的静态链表没法像直接存储了key值的数组那样随机访问，因此List Insertion Sort的最后还需要根据link[]将v[]转换为升序的静态数组（这里的静态数组中元素是key值）。转换方法采用in-place方式，从而无需开辟而外的空间。具体做法也是从head开始寻着link的下标值，找到的key值与左边子数组最右边那个元素交换(这里子数组已经是升序的静态数组)，例如，设左边子数组最右边的元素为i=2,v[i]=30，link[i]=5，找到的key值下标为curr=6,v[curr]=20，link[curr]=7，那么交换后v[i]=20，link[i]=6（注意不是7!），v[curr]=30，link[curr]=5，这里link[i]=6是告诉以后的操作“原来第2个位置的元素已经挪到了第6个位置“，同时别忘了记下交换之前的next = link[curr]=7指针，即作为下一个操作的key位置值curr。
Java版本的实现：
/**
*
* List Insertion Sort algorithm
* (Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insertion_sort)
*
*
* Copyright (c) 2011 ljs (http://blog.csdn.net/ljsspace/)
* Licensed under GPL (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php)
*
* @author ljs
* 2011-07-20
*
*/
public class ListInsertionSort {
public static void sort(int[] v){
int n = v.length;
//step 1: link[] creation
int[] link = new int[n];
int head=0;
int next=0,curr=0;
link[0] = -1;
for(int i=1;i<n;i++){
if(v[head]>v[i]){ //case: head is changed to i
link[i] = head;
head = i; //change head
}else{
//two stop cases:
//curr == -1: when we reach the tail
//v[curr] > v[i]: insert i before curr, next is the predecessor of curr
//note: this loop executes at least once so 'next' always have valid value
for (curr = head ; curr != -1 && v[curr] <= v[i]; curr = link[curr])
next =curr;
//insert i between next and curr (also applicable to tail case when curr=-1)
link[next] = i;
link[i] = curr;
}
}
//step 2: arrange v[] by link[] information: find curr and swap it with i
curr = head; //to scan linked list, always start with head
//note the difference:
//in this step: between iterations, curr doesn't start with head at the beginning
//the link creation step: between iterations, we always scan from curr=head to find the insert position
for (int i=0 ;i<n;i++){
while(curr < i)
curr = link [curr]; //look only those elements on the right side of current element
next = link[curr]; //save for next iteration's start position
if (curr != i) { //if curr==i, no need change since position i is done.
int swap = v[i]; //swap key
v[i] = v[curr];
v[curr] = swap;
link[curr] = link[i]; //copy i's link
link[i] = curr; //reset pointer link[i] for redirection
}
curr = next; //next iteration we start from 'next'
}
//link[] is now useless, let it be garbage collected.
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] v = {49,38,65,97,76,13,27,49};
ListInsertionSort.sort(v);
for(int key:v){
System.out.format(" %d",key);
}
}
}
C版本的实现：（对Wikipedia上的代码稍作修改：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insertion_sort)
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void ListinsertSort(int * v, int n)
{
int * link = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int)*n);
int head =0;
int next,cur,i;
link[0] = -1;
//generate sorted static list: after sorting, head may not be the first element
for (i = 1 ; i < n; i++){
if (v[head] > v[i]){
link[i] = head;
head = i;
} else {
for (cur = head ; cur != -1 && v[cur] <= v[i]; cur = link[cur])
next =cur;
link[next] = i;
link[i] = cur;
}
}
cur = head; //start with head
for ( i = 0 ;i < n;i++){
while(cur < i)
cur = link [cur]; //look only those elements on the right side of current element
next = link[cur]; //save for next iteration
if (cur != i) {
int swap = v[i]; //swap key
v[i] = v[cur];
v[cur] = swap;
link[cur] = link[i]; //swap link
link[i] = cur;
}
cur = next;
}
free(link);
}
int main(void) {
int i;
int* v = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int)*5);
v[0]=3;v[1]=2;v[2]=1;v[3]=0;v[4]=5;
ListinsertSort(v, 5);
for(i=0;i<5;i++){
printf(" %d",v[i]);
}
free(v);
return 0;
}