You use time complexity and space complexity functions to compare the algorithm to others of a similar nature (one sorting algorithm to another sorting algorithm, for example).

Recall that O (1) is pronounced “Big Oh of 1.” (See Part 1 for a reminder of how time and space complexity measurements are used to evaluate data structures.) ...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have developed two new tools to help make Java programming easier and faster for developers.