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Re: algorithm
Posted:
Dec 2, 1999 5:54 PM
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On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Tad Watanabe wrote:
> Would efficiency depends on problems?
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> Tad Watanabe
> Towson University
> Towson, Maryland
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Sure, but efficiency (problem-dependent or not) still can be a factor that
might make one algorithm better than another for the same job. Look at
algorithms for finding minimum spanning trees.
Joan Reinthaler
Sidwell Friends School
> Joan Reinthaler wrote:
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> > On 2 Dec 1999, russ wrote:
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> > > What makes one algorithm better than another, if they both follow a
> > > logical sequence of steps and have an equivalent result?
> > >
> > efficiency?
> >
> > Joan Reinthaler
> > Sidwell. Friends School
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