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Searching Algorithm
Data Structure
Average
Worst
Space Complexity Worst
Depth First Search (DFS)
Graph of |V| vertices and |E| edges
-
O(| (|E| E| + |V| V|) )
O(|V O( |V|) |)
Breadth Firs Firstt Search (BFS (BFS))
Graph of |V| vertices and |E| edges
-
O(| (|E| E| + |V| V|) )
O(|V O( |V|) |)
Binary search
Sorted array of n elements
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(1)
Linear (Brute Force)
Array
O(n)
O(n)
O((|V| + |E|)
O((|V| + |E|)
log |V|)
log |V|)
Shortest path by Dij Dijkstra, kstra, Graph with |V| vertices using a Min-heap as priori priority ty and |E| edges queue
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Time Complexity
O(1)
O(|V|)
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Algorithm
Data Structure
Time Complexity Average
Space Complexity
Worst
Worst
Shortest path by Dijkstra, using an unsorted array as priority queue
Graph with |V| vertices and |E| edges
O(|V|^2)
O(|V|^2)
O(|V|)
Shortest path by Bellman-Ford
Graph with |V| vertices and |E| edges
O(|V||E|)
O(|V||E|)
O(|V|)
Sorting
Algorithm
Data Structure Best
Quicksort
Array
Mergesort
Array
Heapsort
Array
Worst Case Auxiliary Space Complexity
Time Complexity Average
Worst
O(n
O(n
log(n))
log(n))
O(n
O(n
O(n
log(n))
log(n))
log(n))
O(n
O(n
O(n
log(n))
log(n))
log(n))
O(n^2)
Worst
O(n)
O(n)
O(1)
Bubble Sort Array
O(n)
O(n^2)
O(n^2)
O(1)
Insertion Sort
Array
O(n)
O(n^2)
O(n^2)
O(1)
Select Sort
Array
O(n^2)
O(n^2)
O(n^2)
O(1)
Bucket Sort Array
O(n+k)
O(n+k)
O(n^2)
O(nk)
Radix Sort
O(nk)
O(nk)
Array
O(nk)
O(n+k)
Data Structures Data Structure
Sp Com
Time Complexity Average Indexing
Basic Array
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Search
Insertion
Worst Deletion
O(1)
O(n)
-
-
Dynamic Array
O(1)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
SinglyLinked List
O(n)
O(n)
O(1)
DoublyLinked List
O(n)
O(n)
O(1)
Search
Insertion
Deletion
O(1)
O(n)
-
-
O(1)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(1)
O(n)
O(n)
O(1)
O(1)
O(n)
O(1)
O(n)
O(n)
O(1)
O(1)
O(n)
Skip List O(log(n)) O(log(n))
O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
Hash Table
O(1)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
-
O(1)
O(1)
Indexing
W
-
O(n)
O(n log(
O(n)
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Data Structure
Sp Com
Time Complexity Average Indexing
Search
Worst
Insertion
Deletion
Indexing
Search
W
Insertion
Deletion
Binary Search Tree
O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
Cartresian Tree
-
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
B-Tree
O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) -
O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(n)
Red-Black O(log(n)) O(log(n)) Tree Splay Tree
-
O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(n)
O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) -
AVL Tree O(log(n)) O(log(n))
O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(n)
O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(n)
Heaps Heaps
Time Complexity Heapify Find Max
Extract Max
Linked List (sorted)
-
O(1)
O(1)
Linked List (unsorted)
-
O(n)
Binary Heap
-
Fibonacci Heap
-
O(1)
Merge
O(n)
O(1)
O(1)
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(m+n)
O(log(n)) O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n)) O(log(n))
O(1)
O(1)*
O(1)
O(log(n))*
Delete
O(n)
Insert
O(n)
O(n) O(1)
Binomial Heap
Increase Key
O(m+n)
O(1)
O(1)
O(log(n))
O(log(n))* O(1)
Graphs Node / Edge Management
Storage
Add Vertex
Add Edge
Remove Vertex
Remove Edge
Query
Adjacency list
O(|V|+|E|)
O(1)
O(1)
O(|V| + |E|) O(|E|)
O(|V|)
Incidence list
O(|V|+|E|)
O(1)
O(1)
O(|E|)
O(|E|)
O(|E|)
O(|V|^2)
O(|V|^2)
O(|V|^2)
O(1)
O(1)
O(|V|
O(|V|
Adjacency matrix Incidence matrix
|E|)
⋅
⋅
|E|)
O(1) O(|V| |E|)
⋅
O(|V|
⋅ |E|)
O(|V| |E|)
⋅
O(|E|)
Notation for asymptotic growth letter
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bound
growth
(theta) Θ
upper and lower, tight[1] equal[2]
(big-oh) O
upper, tightness unknown less than or equal[3]
(small-oh) o
upper, not tight
less than
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lower, tightness unknown greater than or equal
(small omega) ω lower, not tight
greater than
[1] Big O is the upper bound, while Omega is the lower bound. Theta requires both Big O and Omega, so that's why it's referred to as a tight bound (it must be both the upper and lower bound). For example, an algorithm taking Omega(n log n) takes at least n log n time but has no upper limit. An algorithm taking Theta(n log n) is far preferential since it takes AT LEAST n log n (Omega n log n) and NO MORE THAN n log n (Big O n log n).SO [2] f(x)= Θ(g(n)) means f (the running time of the algorithm) grows exactly like g when n (input size) gets larger. In other words, the growth rate of f(x) is asymptotically proportional to g(n). [3] Same thing. Here the growth rate is no faster than g(n). big-oh is the most useful because represents t he worst-case behavior. In short, if algorithm is __ then its performance is __ algorithm performance o(n)
≤ n
Θ(n)
=n
Ω(n)
≥ n
ω(n)
>n
Symbolic Regression www.dtreg.com/gep.htm
Gene Expression Programming for math and logic functions
Big-O Complexity Chart This interactive chart, created by our friends over at MeteorCharts, shows the number of operations (y axis) required to obtain a result as the number of elements (x axis) increase. O(n!) is the worst complexity which requires 720 operations for just 6 elements, while O(1) is the best complexity, which only requires 1 operation for any number of elements.
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This is great. Maybe you could include some resources (links to khan academy, mooc etc) that would explain each of these concepts for people trying to learn them. 114
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This explanation in 'plain English' helps: http://stackoverflow.com/quest... 9
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Here are the links that I know of. #1) http://aduni.org/courses/algor... #2) http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/ele... #3) https://www.udacity.com/course... probably as good or maybe better # 2, but I have not had a chance to look at it. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/ele... Sincerely, Arjan p.s. https://www.coursera.org/cours...
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