computer science, best, worst, and average cases of a given algorithm express what the resource usage is at least, at most and on average, respectively....

will perform about half as many comparisons as selection sort on average. In the worst case for insertion sort (when the input array is reverse-sorted), insertion...

assessments, a worst-case scenario is essentially a type of bounding estimate". In computer science, the best, worst, and average case of a given algorithm...

primary motivations for studying average-case complexity. First, although some problems may be intractable in the worst-case, the inputs which elicit this...

complexity, and decision tree complexity. The complexity of an algorithm is often expressed using big O notation. The best, worst and average case complexity...

used by the British Citizens Advice charity Best, worst and average case, in computer science, types of case analysis Computer-aided software engineering...

size may cause the algorithm to have different behavior, so best, worst and average case descriptions might all be of practical interest. When not otherwise...

notation, divide-and-conquer algorithms, data structures such as heaps and binary trees, randomized algorithms, best, worst and average case analysis, time–space...

Search for "worst-case-scenario"  or "worst-case" on Wikipedia. Case (disambiguation) Best, worst and average case, in computer science Worst Case (novel)...

computer science (specifically computational complexity theory), the worst-case complexity measures the resources (e.g. running time, memory) that an...