Lexicon

Inefficient Algorithm Choice

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Performance Core

Record: lexicon:inefficient-algorithm-choice

Canonical: Lexicon

Selecting an algorithm whose complexity scales poorly for the expected input size.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Hard Resource Ceiling and before Instance Affinity.

Category

  • Scalability / Performance / Optimization

Negated by

  • Algorithmic Efficiency

Violates

  • Algorithmic Efficiency
  • Time Complexity
  • Big O Notation

Linked from

  • Scalability / Performance / Optimization