Difference between revisions of "CIS 3020 Part 7"
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Revision as of 10:09, 26 April 2007
Contents
Complexity
- When computing O(), we are concerned with big values of n
- With big values, constants become ignorable
- Consider the two exponential functions we developed
- Let's count all operations (arithmetic, assignment, references, comparisons, etc.) the same with calls counting 20.
Exponentiation, O(N)
public int expt(int b, int n) { int result; if (n<=0) { result = 1; } else { result = b * expt(b, n-1); } return result; } |
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Exponentiation, O(log N)
public int expt(int b, int n) { return fastExpt(b,n); } private int fastExpt(int b, int n) { int result; if (n<=0) result = 1; else if (even(n)) result = square(fastExpt(b, n/2)); else result = b * fastExpt(b, n-1); return result; } private int square(int x) { return (x * x); } private boolean even(int x) { return (x % 2 == 0); } |
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Comparison
- some might argue that the second method is ~3.7 times as expensive
- And, even if it is O(log N), it will be slower than the first method
- Let's look at values to see if this is true...
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Exponentiation, O(log N)
public int expt(int b, int n) { return fastExpt(b,n); } private int fastExpt(int b, int n) { int result; if (n<=0) result = 1; else if (even(n)) result = square(fastExpt(b, n/2)); else result = b * fastExpt(b, n-1); return result; } private int square(int x) { return (x * x); } private boolean even(int x) { return (x % 2 == 0); } |
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Comparison
- some might argue that the second method is ~3.7 times as expensive
- And, even if it is O(log N), it will be slower than the first method
- Let's look at values to see if this is true...
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Comparison
- some might argue that the second method is ~3.7 times as expensive
- And, even if it is O(log N), it will be slower than the first method
- Let's look at values to see if this is true...
Exponentiation, O(log N)
public int expt(int b, int n) { return fastExpt(b,n); } private int fastExpt(int b, int n) { int result; if (n<=0) result = 1; else if (even(n)) result = square(fastExpt(b, n/2)); else result = b * fastExpt(b, n-1); return result; } private int square(int x) { return (x * x); } private boolean even(int x) { return (x % 2 == 0); } |
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