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The '''adaptive heap sort''' is a variant[[sorting ofalgorithm]] that is similar to [[heap sort]], thatbut uses a randomized [[binary search]] tree, or [[RBST]], to structure the input according to any preexisting order. The RBST is used to select candidates that are put into the heap, so the heap doesn't need to keep track of all elements.