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/**
* File: time_complexity.cs
* Created Time: 2022-12-23
* Author: haptear (haptear@hotmail.com)
*/
namespace hello_algo.chapter_computational_complexity;
public class time_complexity {
void Algorithm(int n) {
int a = 1; // +0 (rule 1)
a += n; // +0 (rule 1)
// +n (rule 2)
for (int i = 0; i < 5 * n + 1; i++) {
Console.WriteLine(0);
}
// +n*n (rule 3)
for (int i = 0; i < 2 * n; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < n + 1; j++) {
Console.WriteLine(0);
}
}
}
// Algorithm A time complexity: constant
void AlgorithmA(int n) {
Console.WriteLine(0);
}
// Algorithm B time complexity: linear
void AlgorithmB(int n) {
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
Console.WriteLine(0);
}
}
// Algorithm C time complexity: constant
void AlgorithmC(int n) {
for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
Console.WriteLine(0);
}
}
/* Constant complexity */
int Constant(int n) {
int count = 0;
int size = 100000;
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
count++;
return count;
}
/* Linear complexity */
int Linear(int n) {
int count = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
count++;
return count;
}
/* Linear complexity (array traversal) */
int ArrayTraversal(int[] nums) {
int count = 0;
// The number of iterations is proportional to the array length
foreach (int num in nums) {
count++;
}
return count;
}
/* Quadratic complexity */
int Quadratic(int n) {
int count = 0;
// The number of iterations is proportional to the square of the input size n
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
count++;
}
}
return count;
}
/* Quadratic complexity (bubble sort) */
int BubbleSort(int[] nums) {
int count = 0; // Counter
// Outer loop: the unsorted range is [0, i]
for (int i = nums.Length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
// Inner loop: move the largest element in the unsorted range [0, i] to its right end through swaps
for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
if (nums[j] > nums[j + 1]) {
// Swap nums[j] and nums[j + 1]
(nums[j + 1], nums[j]) = (nums[j], nums[j + 1]);
count += 3; // Swapping two elements takes 3 elementary operations
}
}
}
return count;
}
/* Exponential complexity (iterative implementation) */
int Exponential(int n) {
int count = 0, bas = 1;
// Each cell divides into two per round, giving the sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, ..., 2^(n-1)
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < bas; j++) {
count++;
}
bas *= 2;
}
// count = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + .. + 2^(n-1) = 2^n - 1
return count;
}
/* Exponential complexity (recursive implementation) */
int ExpRecur(int n) {
if (n == 1) return 1;
return ExpRecur(n - 1) + ExpRecur(n - 1) + 1;
}
/* Logarithmic complexity (iterative implementation) */
int Logarithmic(int n) {
int count = 0;
while (n > 1) {
n /= 2;
count++;
}
return count;
}
/* Logarithmic complexity (recursive implementation) */
int LogRecur(int n) {
if (n <= 1) return 0;
return LogRecur(n / 2) + 1;
}
/* Linearithmic complexity */
int LinearLogRecur(int n) {
if (n <= 1) return 1;
int count = LinearLogRecur(n / 2) + LinearLogRecur(n / 2);
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
count++;
}
return count;
}
/* Factorial complexity (recursive implementation) */
int FactorialRecur(int n) {
if (n == 0) return 1;
int count = 0;
// Split one problem into n subproblems
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
count += FactorialRecur(n - 1);
}
return count;
}
[Test]
public void Test() {
// Try different values of n to see how the operation count grows for each complexity
int n = 8;
Console.WriteLine("Input size n = " + n);
int count = Constant(n);
Console.WriteLine("Operation count for constant complexity = " + count);
count = Linear(n);
Console.WriteLine("Operation count for linear complexity = " + count);
count = ArrayTraversal(new int[n]);
Console.WriteLine("Operation count for linear complexity (array traversal) = " + count);
count = Quadratic(n);
Console.WriteLine("Operation count for quadratic complexity = " + count);
int[] nums = new int[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
nums[i] = n - i; // [n,n-1,...,2,1]
count = BubbleSort(nums);
Console.WriteLine("Operation count for quadratic complexity (bubble sort) = " + count);
count = Exponential(n);
Console.WriteLine("Operation count for exponential complexity (iterative implementation) = " + count);
count = ExpRecur(n);
Console.WriteLine("Operation count for exponential complexity (recursive implementation) = " + count);
count = Logarithmic(n);
Console.WriteLine("Operation count for logarithmic complexity (iterative implementation) = " + count);
count = LogRecur(n);
Console.WriteLine("Operation count for logarithmic complexity (recursive implementation) = " + count);
count = LinearLogRecur(n);
Console.WriteLine("Operation count for linearithmic complexity (recursive implementation) = " + count);
count = FactorialRecur(n);
Console.WriteLine("Operation count for factorial complexity (recursive implementation) = " + count);
}
}