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  2. Algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Algorithm. In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm ( / ˈælɡərɪðəm / ⓘ) is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation. [1] Algorithms are used as specifications for performing calculations and data processing.

  3. Bidirectional search - Wikipedia

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    Bidirectional search. Bidirectional search is a graph search algorithm that finds a shortest path from an initial vertex to a goal vertex in a directed graph. It runs two simultaneous searches: one forward from the initial state, and one backward from the goal, stopping when the two meet. The reason for this approach is that in many cases it is ...

  4. Introduction to Algorithms - Wikipedia

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    Introduction to Algorithms is a book on computer programming by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein.The book has been widely used as the textbook for algorithms courses at many universities and is commonly cited as a reference for algorithms in published papers, with over 10,000 citations documented on CiteSeerX, and over 67,000 citation on Google ...

  5. Analysis of algorithms - Wikipedia

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    In computer science, the analysis of algorithms is the process of finding the computational complexity of algorithms —the amount of time, storage, or other resources needed to execute them. Usually, this involves determining a function that relates the size of an algorithm's input to the number of steps it takes (its time complexity) or the ...

  6. Round-robin scheduling - Wikipedia

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    Round-robin scheduling is simple, easy to implement, and starvation -free. Round-robin scheduling can be applied to other scheduling problems, such as data packet scheduling in computer networks. It is an operating system concept. The name of the algorithm comes from the round-robin principle known from other fields, where each person takes an ...

  7. Search algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Search algorithm. In computer science, a search algorithm is an algorithm designed to solve a search problem. Search algorithms work to retrieve information stored within particular data structure, or calculated in the search space of a problem domain, with either discrete or continuous values . Although search engines use search algorithms ...

  8. Dijkstra's algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Dijkstra's algorithm ( / ˈdaɪkstrəz / DYKE-strəz) is an algorithm for finding the shortest paths between nodes in a weighted graph, which may represent, for example, road networks. It was conceived by computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra in 1956 and published three years later. [4] [5] [6]

  9. List of algorithms - Wikipedia

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    Gauss–Legendre algorithm: computes the digits of pi. Chudnovsky algorithm: a fast method for calculating the digits of π. Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula: (BBP formula) a spigot algorithm for the computation of the nth binary digit of π. Division algorithms: for computing quotient and/or remainder of two numbers.