In computer science, best, worst, and average cases of a given algorithm express what the resource usage is at least, at most and on average, respectively...

computer science (specifically computational complexity theory), the worst-case complexity measures the resources (e.g. running time, memory) that an...

A worst-case scenario is a concept in risk management wherein the planner, in planning for potential disasters, considers the most severe possible outcome...

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including Kenneth E. Iverson who coined its current name. Bubble sort has a worst-case and average complexity of O ( n 2 ) {\displaystyle O(n^{2})} , where n...

subsection of the array. The simplest worst case input is an array sorted in reverse order. The set of all worst case inputs consists of all arrays where...

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The worst-case execution time (WCET) of a computational task is the maximum length of time the task could take to execute on a specific hardware platform...

has a better worst-case time per operation, but inferior amortized time. In 1999, Alstrup et al. gave a structure that has optimal worst-case time O ( log...

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n ) {\displaystyle O(n\log {n})} comparisons to sort n items. In the worst case, it makes O ( n 2 ) {\displaystyle O(n^{2})} comparisons. The quicksort...

Worst-case circuit analysis (WCCA or WCA) is a cost-effective means of screening a design to ensure with a high degree of confidence that potential defects...

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which results in some buckets containing more elements than average. The worst-case scenario occurs when all the elements are placed in a single bucket. The...

Worst-Case Scenario is the name of a series of merchandise based on a 1999 book written by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht and published by Chronicle...

target is not in the array. Binary search runs in logarithmic time in the worst case, making O ( log ⁡ n ) {\displaystyle O(\log n)} comparisons, where n {\displaystyle...

minimal number of moves can be analyzed under the conditions of worst and average case and in the sense of a minimax value of a zero-sum game in game theory...

bound of 5n comparisons in the worst case. Richard Cole gave a proof with an upper bound of 3n comparisons in the worst case in 1991. When the pattern does...

improved pivot, the worst-case complexity of quickselect reduces from quadratic to linear, which is also the asymptotically optimal worst-case complexity of...

draft is a nautical term for the worst-case loaded draft a ship can have. This draft is corrected for the worst-case seasonal conditions. During summer...

coloring properties that constrain how unbalanced the tree can become in the worst case. The properties are designed such that this rearranging and recoloring...

structures such as heaps and binary trees, randomized algorithms, best, worst and average case analysis, time–space tradeoffs, and upper and lower bounds. Sorting...

and median of medians which has fast average performance and optimal worst-case performance. Introselect is related to the introsort sorting algorithm:...

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sort. In the worst case, Timsort takes O ( n log ⁡ n ) {\displaystyle O(n\log n)} comparisons to sort an array of n elements. In the best case, which occurs...

Worst case analysis was, from 1978 until 1986, a doctrine under 40 U.S.C. § 1502.22 which mandated that an environmental impact statement include such...

the worst case, merge sort uses approximately 39% fewer comparisons than quicksort does in its average case, and in terms of moves, merge sort's worst case...

specified on an engineering drawing. Arithmetic tolerance stackups use the worst-case maximum or minimum values of dimensions and tolerances to calculate the...

termination condition, the main loop may in some cases use many fewer than |V| − 1 iterations, even though the worst case of the algorithm remains unchanged. The...

A worst-case optimal join algorithm is an algorithm for computing relational joins with a runtime that is bounded by the worst-case output size of the...