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Procedures: Performance and Complexity

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After completing this module, a student should be able to:

  • List computing environment components affecting performance.

  • List and rank the standard Big-Oh computational complexity functions.

  • Determine the time complexity function of an algorithm.

  • Classify an algorithm by its standard Big-Oh function.

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The original version of this module was developed by Dr. Larry Vail.

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Brewer, K., Bareiss, C. (2016). Procedures: Performance and Complexity. In: Concise Guide to Computing Foundations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29954-9_9

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