quantify xxx time as a function of yyy

In computer science, the time complexity of an algorithm quantifies the amount of time taken by an algorithm to run as a function of the size of the input to the problem.

 

 

the trunk of the above sentence is: quantify xxx time as a function of yyy

 

and what time? the time taken by an algorithm to run

 

as a function of (the size) of (the input to the problem)

你可能感兴趣的:(function)