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+/**
+ * @file tournament_sort.c
+ * @brief Implementation of Tournament Sort algorithm
+ * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournament_sort
+ *
+ * Tournament Sort improves upon naive Selection Sort by using a min-heap
+ * (priority queue) to find the minimum element in O(log n) instead of O(n),
+ * giving an overall time complexity of O(n log n).
+ *
+ * @author drori12
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>  /// for assert
+#include <stdio.h>   /// for printf
+#include <stdlib.h>  /// for malloc, free
+
+/**
+ * @brief Restores the min-heap property by sifting down from index i
+ * @param arr   heap array
+ * @param n     size of heap
+ * @param i     index to sift down from
+ */
+static void heapify(int *arr, int n, int i)
+{
+    int smallest = i;
+    int left = 2 * i + 1;
+    int right = 2 * i + 2;
+
+    if (left < n && arr[left] < arr[smallest])
+        smallest = left;
+    if (right < n && arr[right] < arr[smallest])
+        smallest = right;
+
+    if (smallest != i)
+    {
+        int temp = arr[i];
+        arr[i] = arr[smallest];
+        arr[smallest] = temp;
+        heapify(arr, n, smallest);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Sorts an array using tournament sort (min-heap based selection)
+ * @param arr   array to sort
+ * @param n     number of elements
+ */
+void tournament_sort(int *arr, int n)
+{
+    if (n <= 1)
+        return;
+
+    /* Copy into a heap */
+    int *heap = (int *)malloc(n * sizeof(int));
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+        heap[i] = arr[i];
+
+    /* Build min-heap */
+    for (int i = n / 2 - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+        heapify(heap, n, i);
+
+    /* Extract elements one by one */
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+    {
+        arr[i] = heap[0];
+        heap[0] = heap[n - i - 1];
+        heapify(heap, n - i - 1, 0);
+    }
+
+    free(heap);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Self-test implementations
+ */
+static void test_tournament_sort(void)
+{
+    /* Test 1: regular unsorted array */
+    int arr1[] = {5, 3, 1, 4, 2};
+    tournament_sort(arr1, 5);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+        assert(arr1[i] <= arr1[i + 1]);
+
+    /* Test 2: already sorted */
+    int arr2[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
+    tournament_sort(arr2, 5);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+        assert(arr2[i] <= arr2[i + 1]);
+
+    /* Test 3: reverse sorted */
+    int arr3[] = {5, 4, 3, 2, 1};
+    tournament_sort(arr3, 5);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+        assert(arr3[i] <= arr3[i + 1]);
+
+    /* Test 4: single element */
+    int arr4[] = {42};
+    tournament_sort(arr4, 1);
+    assert(arr4[0] == 42);
+
+    /* Test 5: duplicates */
+    int arr5[] = {3, 1, 2, 1, 3};
+    tournament_sort(arr5, 5);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+        assert(arr5[i] <= arr5[i + 1]);
+
+    /* Test 6: negative numbers */
+    int arr6[] = {-3, 0, -1, 5, 2};
+    tournament_sort(arr6, 5);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+        assert(arr6[i] <= arr6[i + 1]);
+
+    printf("All tests passed!\n");
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Main function
+ * @return 0 on success
+ */
+int main(void)
+{
+    test_tournament_sort();
+
+    int arr[] = {5, 3, 1, 4, 2};
+    int n = 5;
+    tournament_sort(arr, n);
+    printf("Sorted: ");
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+        printf("%d ", arr[i]);
+    printf("\n");
+
+    return 0;
+}