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Algorithm
Data Structure
Depth First Search (DFS)
Breadth First Search (BFS)
Binary search
Linear (Brute Force)
Sorting
Algorithm
Quicksort
Mergesort
Heapsort
Bubble Sort
Insertion Sort
Select Sort
Bucket Sort
Radix Sort
Array
Array
Array
Array
Array
Array
Array
Array
Data Structures
Data Structure
Time Complexity
Indexing
Basic Array
Dynamic Array
Singly-Linked List
Doubly-Linked List
Skip List
Hash Table
Binary Search Tree
Cartresian Tree
B-Tree
Red-Black Tree
Splay Tree
AVL Tree
O(1)
O(1)
O(n)
O(n)
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
Heaps
Heaps
Time Complexity
Heapify
Linked List (sorted)
Linked List (unsorted)
Binary Heap
Binomial Heap
Fibonacci Heap
O(n)
-
Graphs
Node / Edge Management
Storage
Adjacency list
Incidence list
Adjacency matrix
Incidence matrix
O(|V|+|E|)
O(|V|+|E|)
O(|V|^2)
O(|V| |E|)
Time Complexity
Average
Worst
Space Complexity
Worst
O(|E| + |V|)
O(|V|)
O(|E| + |V|)
O(|V|)
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(1)
O(n)
O(n)
O(1)
O(|V|)
O(|V|^2)
O(|V|^2)
O(|V|)
O(|V||E|)
O(|V||E|)
O(|V|)
Time Complexity
Best
O(n log(n))
O(n log(n))
O(n log(n))
O(n)
O(n)
O(n^2)
O(n+k)
O(nk)
Average
Search
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(log(n))
O(1)
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
Average
O(n log(n))
O(n log(n))
O(n log(n))
O(n^2)
O(n^2)
O(n^2)
O(n+k)
O(nk)
O(n^2)
O(n log(n))
O(n log(n))
O(n^2)
O(n^2)
O(n^2)
O(n^2)
O(nk)
O(n)
O(n)
O(1)
O(1)
O(1)
O(1)
O(nk)
O(n+k)
Insertion
Deletion
Indexing
O(n)
O(1)
O(1)
O(log(n))
O(1)
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(n)
O(1)
O(1)
O(log(n))
O(1)
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(1)
O(1)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
Worst
Search Insertion
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(n)
O(1)
O(1)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
Find Max
Extract Max
Increase Key
O(1)
O(n)
O(1)
O(log(n))
O(1)
O(1)
O(n)
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(log(n))*
O(n)
O(1)
O(log(n))
O(log(n))
O(1)*
Add Vertex
O(1)
O(1)
O(|V|^2)
O(|V| |E|)
Insert
Delete
O(n)
O(1)
O(m+n)
O(1)
O(1)
O(1)
O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(m+n)
O(log(n)) O(log(n)) O(log(n))
O(1)
O(log(n))* O(1)
Remove Vertex
O(1)
O(1)
O(1)
O(|V| |E|)
Merge
O(|V| + |E|)
O(|E|)
O(|E|)
O(|E|)
O(|V|^2)
O(1)
O(|V| |E|) O(|V| |E|)
O(|V|)
O(|E|)
O(1)
O(|E|)
Space Complexity
Worst
st
Deletion
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(1)
O(n)
O(1)
O(n)
O(n) O(n log(n))
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(n)
O(log(n))
O(n)
O(log(n))
O(n)
O(log(n))
O(n)
O(log(n))
O(n)