• Prune and search is a method of solving optimization problems suggested by Nimrod Megiddo in 1983. The basic idea of the method is a recursive procedure...
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    not require a merge step. An example of a prune and search algorithm is the binary search algorithm. Search and enumeration Many problems (such as playing...
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    the fewer states are pruned. With an infinite beam width, no states are pruned and beam search is identical to best-first search. Conversely, a beam width...
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  • Backtracking Branch and bound Brute-force search Divide and conquer Dynamic programming Greedy algorithm Recursion Prune and search Kernelization Iterative...
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  • Nimrod Megiddo (category Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
    computational geometry, Megiddo is known for his prune and search and parametric search techniques both suggested in 1983 and used for various computational geometric...
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  • program that searches four plies with an average of 36 branches per node evaluates more than one million terminal nodes. An optimal alpha-beta prune would eliminate...
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  • science, brute-force search or exhaustive search, also known as generate and test, is a very general problem-solving technique and algorithmic paradigm...
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  • geometric series); this is known as prune and search. Early examples of these algorithms are primarily decrease and conquer – the original problem is successively...
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    in the 1980s. In 1983, he proposed a "prune and search" algorithm which finds the optimum bounding sphere and runs in linear time if the dimension is...
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  • of bounds on the minimum that it is trying to find, and uses these bounds to "prune" the search space, eliminating candidate solutions that it can prove...
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    Everett, Hazel; Toussaint, Godfried T. (1993), "Slicing an ear using prune-and-search", Pattern Recognition Letters, 14 (9): 719–722, Bibcode:1993PaReL....
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    Euclidean distance. Megiddo's algorithm is based on the technique called prune and search, reducing the size of the problem by removing n 16 {\textstyle {\frac...
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  • subset) proper binary tree proper coloring proper subset property list prune and search pseudorandom number generator pth order Fibonacci numbers P-tree purely...
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  • uniformly at random from the input values. It can be described as a prune and search algorithm, a variant of quicksort, with the same pivoting strategy...
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  • evaluates all matrix cells. The basic idea of the algorithm is to follow a prune and search strategy in which the problem to be solved is reduced to a single recursive...
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    Optimal solutions for the Rubik's Cube (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors)
    can think of it as a brute-force search enhanced by using distance arrays to prune the search tree where possible, and also reducing the size of the distance...
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  • when the tree is pruned, and this outcome is therefore "off the search radar". Various modifications of the basic Monte Carlo tree search method have been...
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    Hazel; Toussaint, Godfried (September 1993), "Slicing an ear using prune-and-search", Pattern Recognition Letters, 14 (9): 719–722, Bibcode:1993PaReL....
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    depth-first search algorithm that tries to build an isomorphism between two graphs incrementally. It uses a set of feasibility rules to prune the search space...
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  • performed as "Angus Prune" and was referred to by the announcer as "The Angus Prune Tune". Spoof dramas were billed as Prune Playhouse and many parodies of...
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  • DENDRAL that took some inputs and produced an output. In doing so, it used layers of knowledge to steer and prune the search. That knowledge got in there...
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    Game tree (redirect from Game-tree search)
    move in a game is to search the game tree using any of numerous tree search algorithms, combined with minimax-like rules to prune the tree. The game tree...
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  • called on the equal kid and the key's first character is pruned away. Like binary search trees and other data structures, ternary search trees can become degenerate...
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  • algorithm is successive halving (SHA), which begins as a random search but periodically prunes low-performing models, thereby focusing computational resources...
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    that the drink contains prune juice, but the official Dr Pepper FAQ refutes this with "Dr Pepper is a unique blend of natural and artificial flavors; it...
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    {\displaystyle t} that minimizes err ⁡ ( prune ⁡ ( T , t ) , S ) − err ⁡ ( T , S ) | leaves ⁡ ( T ) | − | leaves ⁡ ( prune ⁡ ( T , t ) ) | {\displaystyle {\frac...
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    systems allowing the expression of avoidable tiling patterns that can prune the search space. Higher-level proof assistants are capable of handling the coloring-based...
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  • alpha–beta pruning in the sense that it will never examine a node that can be pruned by alpha–beta; however, it relies on accurate node ordering to capitalize...
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    "brute force" search. Instead they heavily rely on these selective search heuristics to extend lines the program considers good and prune and reduce lines...
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  • regions and a subsequent refinement of results, an approach aligned with the Filter and Refine Principle (FRP). This means that the index first prunes the...
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