moderately exponential

(definition)

Definition: The measure of computation, m(n) (usually execution time or memory space), is more than any polynomial n^k, but less than any exponential cⁿ where c > 1. Formally, m(n) is of moderately exponential growth if ∀ k > 0 m(n)=Ω(n^k) and ∀ ε > 0 m(n)=o((1+ε)ⁿ).

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Paul E. Black, "moderately exponential", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/moderatexpon.html