常数时间
外观
在计算复杂度理论中,常数时间是一种时间复杂度,它表示某个算法求出解答的时间在固定范围内,而不依照问题输入资料大小变化。
常数时间记为(采用大O符号)。数字1可以替换为任意常数。
举例:
- 想在“存取阵列上的元素”的问题上达到常数时间,只要以元素的序号存取即可。
- 然而“在阵列上搜索最小值”并不是一个常数时间问题,因为这需要扫描阵列上的每一个元素以寻找最小值及其位置,一般需要次访问。
参考文献
[编辑]书籍
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研究报告
[编辑]- Khalil, Hatem; Ulery, Dana, A Review of Current Studies on Complexity of Algorithms for Partial Differential Equations, Proceedings of the annual conference on - ACM 76 (ACM '76 Proceedings of the 1976 Annual Conference), 1976: 197, doi:10.1145/800191.805573
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