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Prepared by:
Ashima Jain
Assistant Professor, Ramanujan College
Delhi university
• Algorithm is a step-by-step procedure, which defines a set of
instructions to be executed in a certain order to get the desired
output. Algorithms are generally created independent of underlying
languages, i.e. an algorithm can be implemented in more than one
programming language.
• From the data structure point of view, following are some important
categories of algorithms −
• Search − Algorithm to search an item in a data structure.
• Sort − Algorithm to sort items in a certain order.
• Insert − Algorithm to insert item in a data structure.
• Update − Algorithm to update an existing item in a data structure.
• Delete − Algorithm to delete an existing item from a data structure.
Characteristics of an Algorithm
• Not all procedures can be called an algorithm. An algorithm should have the
following characteristics −
• Unambiguous − Algorithm should be clear and unambiguous. Each of its steps (or
phases), and their inputs/outputs should be clear and must lead to only one
meaning.
• Input − An algorithm should have 0 or more well-defined inputs.
• Output − An algorithm should have 1 or more well-defined outputs, and should
match the desired output.
• Finiteness − Algorithms must terminate after a finite number of steps.
• Feasibility − Should be feasible with the available resources.
• Independent − An algorithm should have step-by-step directions, which should
be independent of any programming code.
Qualities of a good algorithm
Step 1 − START
Step 1 − START ADD
Step 2 − declare three integers a, b & c
OR Step 2 − get values of a & b
Step 3 − define values of a & b
Step 3 − c ← a + b
Step 4 − add values of a & b
Step 4 − display c
Step 5 − store output of step 4 to c
Step 5 − STOP
Step 6 − print c
Step 7 − STOP
• Algorithm analysis deals with the execution or running time of various operations
involved. The running time of an operation can be defined as the number of
computer instructions executed per operation.
Complexity Of An Algorithm
• Suppose X is an algorithm and n is the size of input data, the time and
space used by the algorithm X are the two main factors, which decide
the efficiency of X.
• Time Factor − Time is measured by counting the number of key
operations such as comparisons in the sorting algorithm.
• Space Factor − Space is measured by counting the maximum memory
space required by the algorithm.
• The complexity of an algorithm f(n) gives the running time and/or the
storage space required by the algorithm in terms of n as the size of
input data.
Space Complexity
where
C is the fixed part
S(I) is the variable part of the algorithm, which depends on instance
characteristic I
• Step 1: Start
• Step 2: Declare variables num1, num2 and sum.
• Step 3: Read values num1 and num2.
• Step 4: Add num1 and num2 and assign the result to sum.
• sum←num1+num2
• Step 5: Display sum
• Step 6: Stop
Write an algorithm to find the largest among three different numbers entered
by user.
Step 1: Start
2: Declare variables a,b and c.
Step 3: Read variables a,b and c.
Step 4: If a>b
If a>c
Display a is the largest number.
Else Display c is the largest number.
Else
If b>c
Display b is the largest number.
Else Display c is the greatest number.
Step 5: Stop
Write an algorithm to find the factorial of a number entered by user.
Step 1: Start
Step 2: Declare variables n,factorial and i.
Step 3: Initialize variables
factorial←1 i←1
Step 4: Read value of n
Step 5: Repeat the steps until i=n
5.1: factorial←factorial*i
5.2: i←i+1
Step 6: Display factoria
lStep 7: Stop
Write an algorithm to find the Fibonacci series till term≤1000
Step 1: Start
Step 2: Declare variables first_term,second_term and temp.
Step 3: Initialize variables first_term←0 second_term←1
Step 4: Display first_term and second_term
Step 5: Repeat the steps until second_term≤1000
5.1: temp←second_term
5.2: second_term←second_term+first term
5.3: first_term←temp
5.4: Display second_term
Step 6: Stop
Linear Search Algorithm
• Linear search is a very simple search algorithm. In this type of search, a sequential search is made
over all items one by one. Every item is checked and if a match is found then that particular item
is returned, otherwise the search continues till the end of the data collection.
• Algorithm
Linear Search ( Array A, Value x)
Step 1: Set i to 1
Step 2: if i > n then go to step 7
Step 3: if A[i] = x then go to step 6
Step 4: Set i to i + 1
Step 5: Go to Step 2
Step 6: Print Element x Found at index i and go to step 8
Step 7: Print element not found
Step 8: Exit