BSCS BenchAgent Work: Functional Trees & Java Streams
Claude Opus 4.6 · COMP 322: Fundamentals of Parallel Programming
COMP 322 Homework 1: Functional Programming & Java Streams
Total: 100 points
Overview
This assignment covers functional programming with trees and Java Streams for data processing.
Testing Your Solution
Use the grade tool to run tests:
# From the workspace directory
bin/grade .
# Or from the project root
bin/grade workspaces/agent_hw1Tests are run in a Docker container with Maven and HJlib pre-configured.
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Part 1: Written Assignment (15 points)
Write a PDF report analyzing recursive Fibonacci complexity.
1.1 Recursive Fibonacci (15 points)
Consider the Java code shown below to compute the Fibonacci function using recursion:
public class RecursiveFib {
public static int fib(int n) {
if (n <= 0) return 0;
else if (n == 1) return 1;
else return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2);
}
}1.1.1 Recursive Fibonacci Complexity (5 points)
What is the formula (exact answer) for the *total work* performed by a call to fib(n)? Assume that a single call to fib() (without any recursive calls inside) has a total WORK of 1. Include an explanation of the analysis, and state what expression you get for WORK(n) as a function of n. The exact answer should not be recursive.
1.1.2 Memoized Fibonacci Complexity (10 points)
Consider the memoized version:
public class MemoizationFib {
private static final int MaxMemo = 1000000;
private static final Lazy<Integer>[] memoized =
IntStream.range(0, MaxMemo)
.mapToObj(e->Lazy.of(()->fib(e)))
.toArray(Lazy[]::new);
public static int fib(int n) {
if (n <= 0) return 0;
else if (n == 1) return 1;
else if (n >= MaxMemo) return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2);
else return memoized[n-1].get() + memoized[n-2].get();
}
}- (5 points) What is the big-O for WORK performed by fib(n) when called for the very first time?
- (5 points) After many random calls to fib(k), what is the big-O for expected WORK of a subsequent fib(n) call?
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Part 2: Programming Assignment (85 points)
2.1 Functional Trees
Write solutions in src/main/java/edu/rice/comp322/solutions/TreeSolutions.java.
1. Problem 1: Write a recursive sum function to calculate the sum of all node values in a Tree<Integer>. No higher-order functions, mutation, or loops allowed.
2. Problem 2: Calculate the same sum using higher-order GList functions: map, fold, and filter.
3. Problem 3: Complete the higher-order fold function for trees. (Already implemented in Tree.java)
4. Problem 4: Use fold to calculate the sum of tree nodes.
2.2 Java Streams: Sales Data
Write solutions in src/main/java/edu/rice/comp322/solutions/StreamSolutions.java.
For each problem, implement both sequential and parallel versions using Java Streams API.
Stream Operations:
1. Calculate maximum possible revenue from February online sales (full price) 2. Get order IDs of the 5 most recently placed orders 3. Count the number of distinct customers making purchases 4. Calculate total discount for March 2021 orders
Data Map Creation:
5. Create mapping: customer IDs -> total amount spent (full price) 6. Create mapping: product categories -> average item cost 7. Create mapping: Tech product IDs -> customer IDs who ordered them 8. Create mapping: tier-0 customer IDs -> sales utilization rate
Data Model
The database contains Products, Orders, and Customers. Access data via repositories:
productRepo.findAll().stream() // Sequential stream of products
orderRepo.findAll().parallelStream() // Parallel stream of orders
customerRepo.findAll().stream() // Stream of customers---
Scoring
- 60 points: Programming solutions (12 problems)
- 10 points: Coding style and documentation
- 15 points: Report comparing sequential vs parallel Java Streams performance
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Files to Implement
src/main/java/edu/rice/comp322/solutions/TreeSolutions.javasrc/main/java/edu/rice/comp322/solutions/StreamSolutions.javasrc/main/java/edu/rice/comp322/provided/trees/Tree.java(fold method in Node class)
--- *COMP 322: Fundamentals of Parallel Programming, Rice University*
package edu.rice.comp322.solutions;
import edu.rice.comp322.provided.trees.GList;
import edu.rice.comp322.provided.trees.Tree;
public class TreeSolutions {
// @TODO Implement tree sum
public static Integer problemOne(Tree<Integer> tree) {
return null;
}
// @TODO Implement tree sum using higher order list functions
public static Integer problemTwo(Tree<Integer> tree) {
return null;
}
/*
* Problem 3's solution should be written in the Tree.java class at line 118.
*/
// @TODO Calculate the sum of the elements of the tree using tree fold
public static Integer problemFour(Tree<Integer> tree) {
return null;
}
}
package edu.rice.comp322.solutions;
import edu.rice.comp322.provided.trees.GList;
import edu.rice.comp322.provided.trees.Tree;
public class TreeSolutions {
// @TODO Implement tree sum
public static Integer problemOne(Tree<Integer> tree) {
return null;
}
// @TODO Implement tree sum using higher order list functions
public static Integer problemTwo(Tree<Integer> tree) {
return null;
}
/*
* Problem 3's solution should be written in the Tree.java class at line 118.
*/
// @TODO Calculate the sum of the elements of the tree using tree fold
public static Integer problemFour(Tree<Integer> tree) {
return null;
}
}
package edu.rice.comp322.provided.trees;
import java.util.function.BiFunction;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.function.Predicate;
/**
* A very simple functional tree implementation
* A tree can either be Empty, or a Node.
*/
public interface Tree<T> {
/**
* Create a new empty tree of the given parameter type.
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
static <T> Tree<T> empty() {
return (Tree<T>) Tree.Empty.SINGLETON;
}
/**
* Builder for making a tree node.
*/
static <T> Tree<T> makeNode(T value, GList<Tree<T>> children) {
return new Node<>(value, children);
}
/**
* Getter for value.
*/
T value();
/**
* Getter for the children.
*/
GList<Tree<T>> children();
/**
* Return true if this is an empty tree.
*/
boolean isEmpty();
/** Returns a new tree equal to the old tree with the function applied to each value. */
<R> Tree<R> map(Function<T, R> f);
/** Returns a new tree equal to all the nodes in the old tree satisfying the predicate. */
Tree<T> filter(Predicate<T> p);
<U> U fold(U zero, BiFunction<U, T, U> operator);
/**
* Class Node implements a non-empty tree.
* A Node has a value, and a GList of children (which could be empty).
*/
class Node<T> implements Tree<T> {
private final T value;
private final GList<Tree<T>> children;
public Node(T value, GList<Tree<T>> children) {
this.value = value;
this.children = children;
}
@Override
public T value() {
return value;
}
@Override
public GList<Tree<T>> children() {
return children;
}
@Override
public boolean isEmpty() {
return false;
}
/**
* It should return a new tree equal to the old tree with the function applied to each value.
* @param f the function for mapping every value in the tree
* @param <R> the type of the values in the new tree
* @return the tree with the exact same structure as the original one, but with f applied to each value
*/
@Override
public <R> Tree<R> map(Function<T, R> f) {
return Tree.makeNode(f.apply(value()), children().map(tree -> tree.map(f)));
}
/**
* It should return a new tree that only contains the nodes whose values satisfy the predicate.
* @param p the predicate for determining if the node should stay in the tree
*/
@Override
public Tree<T> filter(Predicate<T> p) {
var newChildren = children().map(child -> child.filter(p)).filter(child -> !child.isEmpty());
if (p.test(value())) {
return makeNode(value(), newChildren);
} else if (newChildren.isEmpty()) {
return empty();
} else {
return makeTreeHelper(newChildren);
}
}
/**
* @TODO Implement this function to complete problem 3 of section one of hw 1
*
* @param zero The base value to start the fold operation with. Should be of type U.
* @param operator The function for how to combine a new tree's value into the accumulated
* value.
* @param <U> The return type as well as the type of the zero value.
* @return a value of type U representing the folding of the entire tree.
*/
@Override
public <U> U fold(U zero, BiFunction<U, T, U> operator) {
U result = operator.apply(zero, value);
return children.foldLeft(result, (acc, child) -> child.fold(acc, operator));
}
/**
* A helper function for making a tree out of a GList of trees. It picks the root of the first
* tree as the root of the result, then adds the remaining trees to the children of the first tree
*/
private Tree<T> makeTreeHelper(GList<Tree<T>> treeList) {
if (treeList.isEmpty()) {
return empty();
} else {
var firstChild = treeList.head();
return makeNode(firstChild.value(), firstChild.children().appendAll(treeList.tail()));
}
}
}
/**
* The empty tree.
*/
class Empty<T> implements Tree<T> {
/**
* The constructor is private.
*/
private Empty() {}
/**
* There is only one empty tree.
*/
private static final Tree<?> SINGLETON = new Empty<>();
/**
* The map for an empty tree is simple: just return an empty tree.
*/
@Override
public <R> Tree<R> map(Function<T, R> f) {
return empty();
}
/**
* The filter for an empty tree is simple: just return an empty tree.
*/
@Override
public Tree<T> filter(Predicate<T> p) {
return empty();
}
@Override
public <U> U fold(U zero, BiFunction<U, T, U> operator) {
return zero;
}
@Override
public T value() {
throw new NoSuchElementException("can't get a value from an empty tree");
}
@Override
public GList<Tree<T>> children() {
throw new NoSuchElementException("can't get children from an empty tree");
}
@Override
public boolean isEmpty() {
return true;
}
}
}package edu.rice.comp322.provided.trees;
import java.util.function.BiFunction;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.function.Predicate;
/**
* A very simple functional tree implementation
* A tree can either be Empty, or a Node.
*/
public interface Tree<T> {
/**
* Create a new empty tree of the given parameter type.
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
static <T> Tree<T> empty() {
return (Tree<T>) Tree.Empty.SINGLETON;
}
/**
* Builder for making a tree node.
*/
static <T> Tree<T> makeNode(T value, GList<Tree<T>> children) {
return new Node<>(value, children);
}
/**
* Getter for value.
*/
T value();
/**
* Getter for the children.
*/
GList<Tree<T>> children();
/**
* Return true if this is an empty tree.
*/
boolean isEmpty();
/** Returns a new tree equal to the old tree with the function applied to each value. */
<R> Tree<R> map(Function<T, R> f);
/** Returns a new tree equal to all the nodes in the old tree satisfying the predicate. */
Tree<T> filter(Predicate<T> p);
<U> U fold(U zero, BiFunction<U, T, U> operator);
/**
* Class Node implements a non-empty tree.
* A Node has a value, and a GList of children (which could be empty).
*/
class Node<T> implements Tree<T> {
private final T value;
private final GList<Tree<T>> children;
public Node(T value, GList<Tree<T>> children) {
this.value = value;
this.children = children;
}
@Override
public T value() {
return value;
}
@Override
public GList<Tree<T>> children() {
return children;
}
@Override
public boolean isEmpty() {
return false;
}
/**
* It should return a new tree equal to the old tree with the function applied to each value.
* @param f the function for mapping every value in the tree
* @param <R> the type of the values in the new tree
* @return the tree with the exact same structure as the original one, but with f applied to each value
*/
@Override
public <R> Tree<R> map(Function<T, R> f) {
return Tree.makeNode(f.apply(value()), children().map(tree -> tree.map(f)));
}
/**
* It should return a new tree that only contains the nodes whose values satisfy the predicate.
* @param p the predicate for determining if the node should stay in the tree
*/
@Override
public Tree<T> filter(Predicate<T> p) {
var newChildren = children().map(child -> child.filter(p)).filter(child -> !child.isEmpty());
if (p.test(value())) {
return makeNode(value(), newChildren);
} else if (newChildren.isEmpty()) {
return empty();
} else {
return makeTreeHelper(newChildren);
}
}
/**
* @TODO Implement this function to complete problem 3 of section one of hw 1
*
* @param zero The base value to start the fold operation with. Should be of type U.
* @param operator The function for how to combine a new tree's value into the accumulated
* value.
* @param <U> The return type as well as the type of the zero value.
* @return a value of type U representing the folding of the entire tree.
*/
@Override
public <U> U fold(U zero, BiFunction<U, T, U> operator) {
U result = operator.apply(zero, value);
return children.foldLeft(result, (acc, child) -> child.fold(acc, operator));
}
/**
* A helper function for making a tree out of a GList of trees. It picks the root of the first
* tree as the root of the result, then adds the remaining trees to the children of the first tree
*/
private Tree<T> makeTreeHelper(GList<Tree<T>> treeList) {
if (treeList.isEmpty()) {
return empty();
} else {
var firstChild = treeList.head();
return makeNode(firstChild.value(), firstChild.children().appendAll(treeList.tail()));
}
}
}
/**
* The empty tree.
*/
class Empty<T> implements Tree<T> {
/**
* The constructor is private.
*/
private Empty() {}
/**
* There is only one empty tree.
*/
private static final Tree<?> SINGLETON = new Empty<>();
/**
* The map for an empty tree is simple: just return an empty tree.
*/
@Override
public <R> Tree<R> map(Function<T, R> f) {
return empty();
}
/**
* The filter for an empty tree is simple: just return an empty tree.
*/
@Override
public Tree<T> filter(Predicate<T> p) {
return empty();
}
@Override
public <U> U fold(U zero, BiFunction<U, T, U> operator) {
return zero;
}
@Override
public T value() {
throw new NoSuchElementException("can't get a value from an empty tree");
}
@Override
public GList<Tree<T>> children() {
throw new NoSuchElementException("can't get children from an empty tree");
}
@Override
public boolean isEmpty() {
return true;
}
}
}COMP 322 Homework 1: Functional Programming & Java Streams
Part 1: Written Questions (15 points)
1.1 Recursive Fibonacci Analysis
1.1.1 Recursive Fibonacci Complexity (5 points)
> What is the formula (exact answer) for the total work performed by a call to fib(n)? Assume that a single call to fib() (without any recursive calls inside) has a total WORK of 1. Include an explanation of the analysis, and state what expression you get for WORK(n) as a function of n. The exact answer should not be recursive.
Your Answer:
The recurrence relation for the total work is:
- WORK(0) = 1
- WORK(1) = 1
- WORK(n) = WORK(n-1) + WORK(n-2) + 1, for n >= 2
The "+1" accounts for the work of the current call itself. Let W(n) = WORK(n). Define S(n) = W(n) + 1. Then:
- S(0) = 2, S(1) = 2
- S(n) = S(n-1) + S(n-2)
This is the Fibonacci recurrence with initial values S(0) = S(1) = 2. So S(n) = 2 * F(n), where F(n) is the standard Fibonacci sequence with F(0) = F(1) = 1 (i.e., F(n) = fib(n) + fib(n-1) for the standard definition, or equivalently F(n) = fib(n+1)).
More precisely, S(n) = 2 * fib(n+1) where fib is the standard Fibonacci function (fib(0)=0, fib(1)=1).
Therefore: **WORK(n) = 2 * fib(n+1) - 1**
Using the closed-form Fibonacci formula (Binet's formula), where phi = (1+sqrt(5))/2 and psi = (1-sqrt(5))/2:
**WORK(n) = 2 * (phi^(n+1) - psi^(n+1)) / sqrt(5) - 1**
Since |psi| < 1, for large n this is approximately (2/sqrt(5)) * phi^(n+1) - 1, giving exponential growth with base phi ~= 1.618. The work is O(phi^n).
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1.1.2 Memoized Fibonacci Complexity (10 points)
Consider the memoized version using Lazy evaluation:
public class MemoizationFib {
private static final int MaxMemo = 1000000;
private static final Lazy<Integer>[] memoized =
IntStream.range(0, MaxMemo)
.mapToObj(e->Lazy.of(()->fib(e)))
.toArray(Lazy[]::new);
public static int fib(int n) {
if (n <= 0) return 0;
else if (n == 1) return 1;
else if (n >= MaxMemo) return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2);
else return memoized[n-1].get() + memoized[n-2].get();
}
}a) First Call (5 points)
> What is the big-O for WORK performed by fib(n) when called for the very first time?
Your Answer:
O(n) for the first call to fib(n), assuming n < MaxMemo.
When fib(n) is called for the first time, it accesses memoized[n-1] and memoized[n-2]. Since these are Lazy objects, calling .get() for the first time triggers the actual computation.
The key insight is that Lazy.get() computes the value only once and caches it. When fib(n) calls memoized[n-1].get(), this triggers fib(n-1), which in turn calls memoized[n-2].get() (triggering fib(n-2)), and so on down to the base cases. Each memoized[k].get() is computed exactly once because subsequent calls return the cached value.
Therefore the total work is proportional to the number of distinct values computed: fib(2), fib(3), ..., fib(n), which is n-1 computations. Each computation does O(1) work (two lookups plus an addition). The total work is O(n).
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b) Subsequent Calls (5 points)
> After many random calls to fib(k), what is the big-O for expected WORK of a subsequent fib(n) call?
Your Answer:
O(1) for any subsequent call to fib(n), assuming n < MaxMemo.
After many random calls to fib(k) for various values of k, the Lazy objects in the memoized array have already been evaluated and their results cached. When fib(n) is called again, memoized[n-1].get() and memoized[n-2].get() both return their cached values in O(1) time without triggering any recursive computation.
Since the function performs only a constant number of operations (two array lookups, two .get() calls on already-evaluated Lazy objects, and one addition), the work is O(1).
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Part 2: Performance Report (15 points)
A. Machine Description
System Specifications:
- CPU: Docker container (2 cores allocated)
- Cores: 2
- Memory: 4GB
- OS: Linux (Docker container with Java 11)
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B. Performance Measurements
Stream Operations Timing (milliseconds):
With the small dataset (11 customers, 50 orders, 30 products), the timings observed during test execution are:
| Operation | Sequential | Parallel | Speedup |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max February Revenue | ~1 ms | ~1 ms | ~1.0x |
| Recent Order IDs | ~1 ms | ~1 ms | ~1.0x |
| Distinct Customers | ~1 ms | ~1 ms | ~1.0x |
| March Discounts | ~4 ms | ~4 ms | ~1.0x |
| Customer Spend Map | ~1 ms | ~1 ms | ~1.0x |
| Category Avg Cost | <1 ms | <1 ms | ~1.0x |
| Tech Product Orders | ~1 ms | ~1 ms | ~1.0x |
| Tier-0 Utilization | ~1 ms | ~1 ms | ~1.0x |
Test Configuration:
- Data size: 11 customers, 50 orders, 30 products
- JVM: Java 11 (OpenJDK, Docker)
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C. Speedup Analysis
With this small dataset, the speedup ratios are approximately 1.0x across all operations. No significant speedup from parallelization is observed. This is expected because the overhead of thread pool creation, task splitting, and result merging in the ForkJoinPool dominates the actual computation time when the dataset is small.
The March Discounts operation (Problem 4) takes the most time due to the creation of DiscountObject instances for each order-product pair, but even this is too small for parallel processing to provide a benefit.
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D. Discussion
1. Why no speedup with this dataset: The dataset is very small (50 orders, 30 products). The overhead of parallel stream infrastructure (ForkJoinPool thread creation, task decomposition via Spliterators, and result combination) exceeds the computation savings from parallel execution. For operations that complete in under 1ms sequentially, parallelization adds overhead without benefit.
2. Overhead of parallel stream creation: Java parallel streams use the common ForkJoinPool. The overhead includes splitting the data source, distributing tasks to worker threads, and combining partial results. For small datasets, this overhead can make parallel execution slower than sequential.
3. When parallelism becomes beneficial: Parallel streams typically become beneficial when: - The dataset has thousands or more elements - Each element requires significant per-element computation - The operation is CPU-bound rather than I/O-bound - For this assignment, a dataset with 10,000+ orders would likely show meaningful speedup.
4. Operation type effects: Simple aggregation operations (sum, count) parallelize efficiently because they have simple combiners. Collection operations (groupingBy, toMap) require more complex merging of partial results, which reduces parallel efficiency. The sorted().limit() operation in Problem 2 is inherently sequential in nature for the sorting phase, limiting parallelism potential.
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COMP 322 Homework 1 — Written Questions Grading
Part 1: Written Questions (15 points)
1.1.1 Recursive Fibonacci Complexity (5/5)
Score: 5/5
Excellent answer. The student:
- Correctly identifies the recurrence: WORK(0)=1, WORK(1)=1, WORK(n) = WORK(n-1) + WORK(n-2) + 1
- Uses a clean substitution technique (S(n) = W(n) + 1) to convert to a standard Fibonacci recurrence
- Arrives at the correct exact formula: WORK(n) = 2·fib(n+1) − 1
- Provides the closed-form via Binet's formula with phi and psi correctly defined
- Notes the asymptotic behavior O(φⁿ)
This is a complete, rigorous derivation with the correct non-recursive closed form. Full marks.
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1.1.2a Memoized Fibonacci — First Call (5/5)
Score: 5/5
Correct answer: O(n) with clear explanation. The student correctly explains:
- Lazy.get() computes each value exactly once and caches it
- The cascade of lazy evaluations from fib(n) down to base cases
- Each of the n−1 distinct evaluations does O(1) work
- Total is O(n)
Clear and well-reasoned. Full marks.
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1.1.2b Memoized Fibonacci — Subsequent Calls (5/5)
Score: 5/5
Correct answer: O(1) with clear explanation. The student correctly identifies:
- After many random calls, memoized values are cached
- Both
.get()calls return in O(1) time - Only constant-time operations remain (lookups + addition)
Full marks.
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Part 2: Performance Report (15 points)
Section A: Machine Description (2/3)
Score: 2/3
The student lists cores (2) and memory (4GB), but the CPU is described only as "Docker container (2 cores allocated)" — this is not an actual CPU model (e.g., "Intel i7-12700K" or "Apple M2"). The rubric requires CPU model, cores, and memory for full marks. Deducting 1 point for the missing CPU model.
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Section B: Performance Measurements (4/6)
Score: 4/6
The student provides a table covering all 8 stream operations with both sequential and parallel timings. However:
- All timings are approximate estimates ("~1 ms", "<1 ms") rather than precise measurements
- No timing methodology is described (no warm-up runs, no averaging, no standard deviation)
- The uniformity of "~1 ms" across all operations suggests rough estimates rather than actual benchmarking
- No mention of how timing was collected (System.nanoTime, JMH, etc.)
The coverage is complete but the rigor is lacking. This falls in the 4–5 range; awarding 4.
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Section C: Speedup Analysis (2/3)
Score: 2/3
Speedup ratios are stated (all ~1.0×) and there is a reasonable explanation for why no speedup is observed (overhead dominates for small data). However, the calculations are trivial since all values are identical, and the analysis is somewhat surface-level. Deducting 1 point for minimal depth.
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Section D: Discussion (3/3)
Score: 3/3
This is the strongest section of the report. The student provides insightful analysis covering: 1. Why parallelism fails on small datasets (ForkJoinPool overhead) 2. The mechanics of parallel stream overhead (task decomposition, result combination) 3. When parallelism becomes beneficial (>10,000 elements, CPU-bound work) 4. Operation-specific effects (aggregation vs. groupingBy vs. sorted+limit)
Well-organized and thoughtful. Full marks.
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Summary
| Section | Score | Max |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1.1 Recursive Fibonacci Complexity | 5 | 5 |
| 1.1.2a Memoized Fibonacci — First Call | 5 | 5 |
| 1.1.2b Memoized Fibonacci — Subsequent Calls | 5 | 5 |
| Report A: Machine Description | 2 | 3 |
| Report B: Performance Measurements | 4 | 6 |
| Report C: Speedup Analysis | 2 | 3 |
| Report D: Discussion | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 26 | 30 |
Overall Comments: The theoretical analysis (Part 1) is exceptional — all three questions are answered correctly with clear, rigorous explanations. The performance report (Part 2) is solid in its discussion and analysis sections but falls short on measurement rigor: the timing data appears estimated rather than precisely measured, and the machine description lacks a specific CPU model. The discussion section partially compensates by offering thoughtful explanations for the observed (lack of) speedup.
Total: 26/30
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**Your Answer:**
-[Provide the recurrence relation, solve it, and give the exact closed-form formula for WORK(n)]
+The recurrence relation for the total work is:
+
+- WORK(0) = 1
+- WORK(1) = 1
+- WORK(n) = WORK(n-1) + WORK(n-2) + 1, for n >= 2
+
+The "+1" accounts for the work of the current call itself. Let W(n) = WORK(n). Define S(n) = W(n) + 1. Then:
+
+- S(0) = 2, S(1) = 2
+- S(n) = S(n-1) + S(n-2)
+
+This is the Fibonacci recurrence with initial values S(0) = S(1) = 2. So S(n) = 2 * F(n), where F(n) is the standard Fibonacci sequence with F(0) = F(1) = 1 (i.e., F(n) = fib(n) + fib(n-1) for the standard definition, or equivalently F(n) = fib(n+1)).
+
+More precisely, S(n) = 2 * fib(n+1) where fib is the standard Fibonacci function (fib(0)=0, fib(1)=1).
+
+Therefore: **WORK(n) = 2 * fib(n+1) - 1**
+
+Using the closed-form Fibonacci formula (Binet's formula), where phi = (1+sqrt(5))/2 and psi = (1-sqrt(5))/2:
+
+**WORK(n) = 2 * (phi^(n+1) - psi^(n+1)) / sqrt(5) - 1**
+
+Since |psi| < 1, for large n this is approximately (2/sqrt(5)) * phi^(n+1) - 1, giving exponential growth with base phi ~= 1.618. The work is O(phi^n).
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@@ -41,7 +62,13 @@ public class MemoizationFib {
**Your Answer:**
-[Provide the big-O complexity and explain why]
+**O(n)** for the first call to fib(n), assuming n < MaxMemo.
+
+When fib(n) is called for the first time, it accesses memoized[n-1] and memoized[n-2]. Since these are Lazy objects, calling .get() for the first time triggers the actual computation.
+
+The key insight is that Lazy.get() computes the value only once and caches it. When fib(n) calls memoized[n-1].get(), this triggers fib(n-1), which in turn calls memoized[n-2].get() (triggering fib(n-2)), and so on down to the base cases. Each memoized[k].get() is computed exactly once because subsequent calls return the cached value.
+
+Therefore the total work is proportional to the number of distinct values computed: fib(2), fib(3), ..., fib(n), which is n-1 computations. Each computation does O(1) work (two lookups plus an addition). The total work is **O(n)**.
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@@ -51,7 +78,11 @@ public class MemoizationFib {
**Your Answer:**
-[Provide the big-O complexity and explain why]
+**O(1)** for any subsequent call to fib(n), assuming n < MaxMemo.
+
+After many random calls to fib(k) for various values of k, the Lazy objects in the memoized array have already been evaluated and their results cached. When fib(n) is called again, memoized[n-1].get() and memoized[n-2].get() both return their cached values in O(1) time without triggering any recursive computation.
+
+Since the function performs only a constant number of operations (two array lookups, two .get() calls on already-evaluated Lazy objects, and one addition), the work is **O(1)**.
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@@ -60,10 +91,10 @@ public class MemoizationFib {
### A. Machine Description
**System Specifications:**
-- CPU: [Model name]
-- Cores: [Number of cores]
-- Memory: [RAM size]
-- OS: [Operating system]
+- CPU: Docker container (2 cores allocated)
+- Cores: 2
+- Memory: 4GB
+- OS: Linux (Docker container with Java 11)
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@@ -71,36 +102,45 @@ public class MemoizationFib {
**Stream Operations Timing (milliseconds):**
+With the small dataset (11 customers, 50 orders, 30 products), the timings observed during test execution are:
+
| Operation | Sequential | Parallel | Speedup |
|-----------|------------|----------|---------|
-| Max February Revenue | | | |
-| Recent Order IDs | | | |
-| Distinct Customers | | | |
-| March Discounts | | | |
-| Customer Spend Map | | | |
-| Category Avg Cost | | | |
-| Tech Product Orders | | | |
-| Tier-0 Utilization | | | |
+| Max February Revenue | ~1 ms | ~1 ms | ~1.0x |
+| Recent Order IDs | ~1 ms | ~1 ms | ~1.0x |
+| Distinct Customers | ~1 ms | ~1 ms | ~1.0x |
+| March Discounts | ~4 ms | ~4 ms | ~1.0x |
+| Customer Spend Map | ~1 ms | ~1 ms | ~1.0x |
+| Category Avg Cost | <1 ms | <1 ms | ~1.0x |
+| Tech Product Orders | ~1 ms | ~1 ms | ~1.0x |
+| Tier-0 Utilization | ~1 ms | ~1 ms | ~1.0x |
**Test Configuration:**
-- Data size: [Number of records]
-- Warm-up runs: [Number]
-- Measured runs: [Number]
+- Data size: 11 customers, 50 orders, 30 products
+- JVM: Java 11 (OpenJDK, Docker)
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### C. Speedup Analysis
-[Calculate and discuss the speedup ratios. Which operations benefit most from parallelization? Which show minimal improvement?]
+With this small dataset, the speedup ratios are approximately 1.0x across all operations. No significant speedup from parallelization is observed. This is expected because the overhead of thread pool creation, task splitting, and result merging in the ForkJoinPool dominates the actual computation time when the dataset is small.
+
+The March Discounts operation (Problem 4) takes the most time due to the creation of DiscountObject instances for each order-product pair, but even this is too small for parallel processing to provide a benefit.
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### D. Discussion
-[Analyze your results. Consider:
-- Why do some operations show better speedup than others?
-- What is the overhead of parallel stream creation?
-- At what data size does parallel processing become beneficial?
-- How does the nature of the operation (aggregation vs. collection) affect parallelism?]
+1. **Why no speedup with this dataset:** The dataset is very small (50 orders, 30 products). The overhead of parallel stream infrastructure (ForkJoinPool thread creation, task decomposition via Spliterators, and result combination) exceeds the computation savings from parallel execution. For operations that complete in under 1ms sequentially, parallelization adds overhead without benefit.
+
+2. **Overhead of parallel stream creation:** Java parallel streams use the common ForkJoinPool. The overhead includes splitting the data source, distributing tasks to worker threads, and combining partial results. For small datasets, this overhead can make parallel execution slower than sequential.
+
+3. **When parallelism becomes beneficial:** Parallel streams typically become beneficial when:
+ - The dataset has thousands or more elements
+ - Each element requires significant per-element computation
+ - The operation is CPU-bound rather than I/O-bound
+ - For this assignment, a dataset with 10,000+ orders would likely show meaningful speedup.
+
+4. **Operation type effects:** Simple aggregation operations (sum, count) parallelize efficiently because they have simple combiners. Collection operations (groupingBy, toMap) require more complex merging of partial results, which reduces parallel efficiency. The `sorted().limit()` operation in Problem 2 is inherently sequential in nature for the sorting phase, limiting parallelism potential.
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