Category: algorithms
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Algorithm complexity and implementation LOC
As computer functionality increases, it becomes easier to write programs to handle more complicated problems which require more computing resources; also, the low-hanging fruit has been picked and researchers need to move on. In some cases, the complexity of existing problems continues to increase. The Linux kernel is an example of a solution to a…
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Benchmarking string search algorithms
Searching a sequence of items for occurrences of a specific pattern is a common operation, and researchers are still discovering faster string search algorithms. While skimming the paper Efficient Exact Online String Matching Through Linked Weak Factors by M. N. Palmer, S. Faro, and S. Scafiti, Tables 1, 2 and 3 jumped out at me.…
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My 2024 in software engineering
Readers are unlikely to have noticed something that has not been happening during the last few years. The plot below shows, by year of publication, the number of papers cited (green) and datasets used (red) in my 2020 book Evidence-Based Software Engineering. The fitted red regression lines suggest that the 20s were going to be…