Analysis Technique 1

For cards, we apply our strategy times

once per card.
Analysis Technique 1
 Analysis Technique 1

Late in the sort, we have to move up to

cards to make space on average.
This depends on the size of the sorted space.
 Analysis Technique 1
We apply the strategy times.
When applied to the th card in the
original set, the strategy (on
average) costs time.
 Analysis Technique 2

For cards, we apply the overall strategy

about times.
 Analysis Technique 2

Within each step, cards are only swapped

theres no major movement penalty.
swaps are possible in each strategy step.
 Analysis Technique 2

swaps are possible in each strategy step.

This is regardless of which step were in
even later steps sum up to roughly .
 Analysis Technique 2
We apply the strategy times.
Each application costs roughly .
 Comparison
When comparing techniques for large
, the key part is the largest term.
Technique 1:
Technique 2:
Comparison

 Comparison
For
Technique 1:

Technique 2: (Note that )

 Comparison
vs thats a ratio of 25000:1.
It only gets worse for larger .

The true coefficients (for the

dominant term) are more in favor of
Technique 1 but at this scale,
Technique 2 still wins, hands-down.
 Conclusion
Note: Technique 1 is more intuitive
than Technique 2.
Only by studying and research did the
more efficient Technique 2 come to be.
In short, computer science.