... doubles, the running time increaseseightfold.Few algorithms with exponential running time are likely to be ap-propriate for practical use, though such algorithms arise naturally as“brute-force” ... effect of the leading term dominates; for smallN or for carefully engineered algorithms, more terms may contribute and of algorithms are more difficult. In most cases, we’ll simply referto the running ... the nearest integer is the number of bits requiredto represent N in binary.Implementing Algorithms The algorithms that we will discuss in this book are quite well understood,but for the most...