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Polynomial Delay
In the analysis of algorithms, an enumeration algorithm (i.e., an algorithm for listing a large or infinite collection of structures) is said to have polynomial delay if the time between the output of any one structure and the next is bounded by a polynomial function of the input size, in the worst case. Polynomial delay implies that the total time used by an algorithm will be polynomial per output item, but is a stronger requirement. This is a desirable property, because it means that any consumer of the stream of outputs will not have to wait idle for a long time from one output to the next. In particular, an algorithm with polynomial delay cannot have a startup phase that takes exponential time before it produces a single output, unlike some algorithms that take polynomial time per output item.. Additionally, unlike bounds on the total time, it is a suitable form of analysis even for algorithms that produce an infinite sequence of outputs. The notion of polynomial delay was first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Analysis Of Algorithms
In computer science, the analysis of algorithms is the process of finding the computational complexity of algorithms—the amount of time, storage, or other resources needed to execute them. Usually, this involves determining a function that relates the size of an algorithm's input to the number of steps it takes (its time complexity) or the number of storage locations it uses (its space complexity). An algorithm is said to be efficient when this function's values are small, or grow slowly compared to a growth in the size of the input. Different inputs of the same size may cause the algorithm to have different behavior, so best, worst and average case descriptions might all be of practical interest. When not otherwise specified, the function describing the performance of an algorithm is usually an upper bound, determined from the worst case inputs to the algorithm. The term "analysis of algorithms" was coined by Donald Knuth. Algorithm analysis is an important part of a broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enumeration Algorithm
In computer science, an enumeration algorithm is an algorithm that enumerates the answers to a computational problem. Formally, such an algorithm applies to problems that take an input and produce a list of solutions, similarly to function problems. For each input, the enumeration algorithm must produce the list of all solutions, without duplicates, and then halt. The performance of an enumeration algorithm is measured in terms of the time required to produce the solutions, either in terms of the total time required to produce all solutions, or in terms of the maximal delay between two consecutive solutions and in terms of a preprocessing time, counted as the time before outputting the first solution. This complexity can be expressed in terms of the size of the input, the size of each individual output, or the total size of the set of all outputs, similarly to what is done with output-sensitive algorithms. Formal definitions An enumeration problem P is defined as a relation R o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
