Feb 22, 2010 · A common algorithm with O (log n) time complexity is Binary Search whose recursive relation is T (n/2) + O (1) i.e. at every subsequent level of the tree you divide problem into half and do …

Sep 1, 2009 · Algorithm A can't tell the difference between two similar inputs instances where only x 's value changes. If x is the minimum in one of these instances and not in the other, then A will fail to …

Most people with a degree in CS know what Big O stands for. It helps us to measure how well an algorithm scales. How do you calculate or approximate the complexity of your algorithms?

The hashing algorithm needs to be deterministic i.e. given the same input it must always produce the same output. Reduce Collisions The algorithm that calculates a hash code needs to keep hash …

Apr 16, 2015 · The peak-finding algorithm would find the location of these peaks (not just their values), and ideally would find the true inter-sample peak, not just the index with maximum value, probably …

Aug 26, 2008 · How do I calculate the distance between two points specified by latitude and longitude? For clarification, I'd like the distance in kilometers; the points use the WGS84 system and I'd like to …

Mar 24, 2014 · Given two rgb colors and a rectangle, I'm able to create a basic linear gradient. This blog post gives very good explanation on how to create it. But I want to add one more variable to this …

Apr 14, 2009 · What is the most efficient algorithm to achieve the following: 0010 0000 => 0000 0100 The conversion is from MSB->LSB to LSB->MSB. All bits must be reversed; that is, this is not …

Nov 22, 2012 · Algorithm to detect overlapping periods [duplicate] Asked 13 years, 4 months ago Modified 5 years, 7 months ago Viewed 243k times

Oct 5, 2009 · A sorting algorithm is said to be stable if two objects with equal keys appear in the same order in sorted output as they appear in the input unsorted array. Some sorting algorithms are stable …