imagine we have the code below:
def increment_number(number):
# Convert the number to a list of bits
bits = list(number)
# Start from the rightmost bit
index = len(bits) - 1
# Iterate through the bits and perform the increment
while index >= 0:
if bits[index] == '0':
# Change 0 to 1 and stop
bits[index] = '1'
break
else:
# Change 1 to 0 and move one position to the left
bits[index] = '0'
index -= 1
# Convert the list of bits back to a string
result = ''.join(bits)
return result
# Example usage
number = '101'
result = increment_number(number)
print(result)
this is a program that increments a number with k bits in base 2 by one.
if we try to calculate its execution time we find out that it is dependent on the value of input number.
so we use a method named accounting; we do this task n time then calculate the average of those n time and that's our execution time:
j=0
n=10
while j<n :
increment_basecar_number(number)
j+=1
so now we aggregate the terms by counting each bit, first bit gets changed
Each aggregate operation is assigned a "payment". The payment is intended to cover the cost of elementary operations needed to complete this particular operation, with some of the payment left over, placed in a pool to be used later. it's basically saving money for each tasks so it can use them later on the more heavier tasks.
now if look at the increment_number(number)
example we can spend 1$ for every 0 to 1 and save 1$ for it. now if we have 1 to 0 change in bits we can do it because we have saved 1$ before hand.
note that this is for when we are counting from 00..0 if for example we start from a number 011..01 which has k ones in it then we add k$ for those ones and calculate the rest of them like before,
we have a data structure called
so all is left to do is to define
for example increment_number(number)
we define
for example if the number has a ones in it and t adjacent ones from right side we calculate them like this: