13. A computer-implemented method for estimating algorithm run times given parameters of the algorithm, specifications of an architecture on which the algorithm will execute and dimensions of a data set which will be input into the algorithm, the computer-implemented method comprising: deploying program instructions for executing the computer-implemented method onto the architecture by at least one of direct transfer of the program instructions to a user accessible server or a proxy server of the architecture, email transfer of the program instructions to users of the architecture and transfer of the program instructions to client computers of the architecture; deploying the algorithm for execution on the architecture; creating training data sets derived from the execution of the algorithm on the architecture; generating run time data associated with respective executions of parameterized instances of the algorithm on the architecture for each of the training data sets; identifying model-usable features from polynomial expansions of the dimensions of the data set, the parameters of the algorithm and the specifications of the architecture reduced to simpler terms, wherein the specifications of the architecture comprise disk throughput data, central processing unit (CPU) frequency data, an inversion of available random access memory data and memory bandwidth data; generating a piecewise map of some or all of the model-usable features to output an expression of the run time data as a conglomeration of multiple map lines in corresponding ones of multiple map regions, respectively, the multiple map regions being respectively defined along a single axis of the piecewise map; iteratively tuning the some or all of the model-usable features in each of the multiple map regions toward improving an accuracy of each of the multiple map lines of the piecewise map relative to target upper and lower range lines until a target accuracy in each of the multiple map regions is achieved; developing a predictive model based on iteratively tuned versions of the model-usable features in the multiple map regions; estimating run times of executions of the algorithm on a new data set and on a new architecture using the predictive model; and initiating or delaying the executions based on computing resources of the new architecture being available for the estimated run times of the executions and execution priorities.
13. A computer-implemented method for estimating algorithm run times given parameters of the algorithm, specifications of an architecture on which the algorithm will execute and dimensions of a data set which will be input into the algorithm, the computer-implemented method comprising: deploying program instructions for executing the computer-implemented method onto the architecture by at least one of direct transfer of the program instructions to a user accessible server or a proxy server of the architecture, email transfer of the program instructions to users of the architecture and transfer of the program instructions to client computers of the architecture; deploying the algorithm for execution on the architecture; creating training data sets derived from the execution of the algorithm on the architecture; generating run time data associated with respective executions of parameterized instances of the algorithm on the architecture for each of the training data sets; identifying model-usable features from polynomial expansions of the dimensions of the data set, the parameters of the algorithm and the specifications of the architecture reduced to simpler terms, wherein the specifications of the architecture comprise disk throughput data, central processing unit (CPU) frequency data, an inversion of available random access memory data and memory bandwidth data; generating a piecewise map of some or all of the model-usable features to output an expression of the run time data as a conglomeration of multiple map lines in corresponding ones of multiple map regions, respectively, the multiple map regions being respectively defined along a single axis of the piecewise map; iteratively tuning the some or all of the model-usable features in each of the multiple map regions toward improving an accuracy of each of the multiple map lines of the piecewise map relative to target upper and lower range lines until a target accuracy in each of the multiple map regions is achieved; developing a predictive model based on iteratively tuned versions of the model-usable features in the multiple map regions; estimating run times of executions of the algorithm on a new data set and on a new architecture using the predictive model; and initiating or delaying the executions based on computing resources of the new architecture being available for the estimated run times of the executions and execution priorities. 15. The computer-implemented method according to claim 13 , wherein the parameterized instances of the algorithm are generated from one or more variables.