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Potential method

In computational complexity theory, the potential method is a method used to analyze the amortized time and space complexity of a data structure, a measure of its performance over sequences of operations that smooths out the cost of infrequent but expensive operations.

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Amortized analysis of worst-case inputs

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Potential method → Alternatively, If, In, Let, Once, Safter, Sbefore, The, Thus
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Potential method → method used to analyze the amortized time and space complexity of a data structure

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