June 2020
Intermediate to advanced
382 pages
11h 39m
English
Content preview from 40 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know
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The data dimension
To categorize the data dimension of the problem, we look at its volume, velocity, and variety (the 3Vs), which are defined as follows:
Volume: The volume is the expected size of the data that the algorithm will process.
Velocity: The velocity is the expected rate of new data generation when the algorithm is used. It can be zero.
Variety: The variety quantifies how many different types of data the designed algorithm is expected to deal with.
The following figure shows the 3Vs of the data in more detail. The center of this diagram shows the simplest possible data, with a small volume and low variety and velocity. As we move away from the center, the complexity of the data increases. It can increase in one or more of the ...