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    A greedy algorithm is any algorithm that follows the problem-solving heuristic of making the locally optimal choice at each stage. In many problems, a...
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  • In mathematics, the greedy algorithm for Egyptian fractions is a greedy algorithm, first described by Fibonacci, for transforming rational numbers into...
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  • Informational search with online learning. What sets A* apart from a greedy best-first search algorithm is that it takes the cost/distance already traveled, g(n)...
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    computer science, a greedy coloring or sequential coloring is a coloring of the vertices of a graph formed by a greedy algorithm that considers the vertices...
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  • Gutin and A. Yeo, When the greedy algorithm fails. Discrete Optimization 1 (2004), 121–127. G. Bendall and F. Margot, Greedy Type Resistance of Combinatorial...
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    Set cover problem (category Approximation algorithms)
    c\ln {m}} -approximation algorithm for every c > 0 {\displaystyle c>0} . There is a standard example on which the greedy algorithm achieves an approximation...
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  • computer science, greedy number partitioning is a class of greedy algorithms for multiway number partitioning. The input to the algorithm is a set S of numbers...
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    target. The process that underlies Dijkstra's algorithm is similar to the greedy process used in Prim's algorithm. Prim's purpose is to find a minimum spanning...
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  • essentially matches the approximation ratio achieved by the generic greedy algorithm used for maximization of submodular functions with a cardinality constraint...
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    It is a greedy algorithm that in each step adds to the forest the lowest-weight edge that will not form a cycle. The key steps of the algorithm are sorting...
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  • a greedy best-first search, as they incorporate the distance from the start in addition to estimated distances to the goal. Using a greedy algorithm, expand...
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  • Metric k-center (category Approximation algorithms)
    overall the algorithm takes O ( n k ) {\displaystyle {\mathcal {O}}(nk)} time. The solution obtained using the simple greedy algorithm is a 2-approximation...
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    of greedy algorithms is finding minimal spanning trees of graphs without negative cycles. Huffman Tree, Kruskal, Prim, Sollin are greedy algorithms that...
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    called sequential coloring algorithms. The maximum (worst) number of colors that can be obtained by the greedy algorithm, by using a vertex ordering...
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  • correspond to a sentence non-terminal. Like all greedy algorithms, greedy grammar inference algorithms make, in iterative manner, decisions that seem to...
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  • Ford–Fulkerson algorithm (FFA) is a greedy algorithm that computes the maximum flow in a flow network. It is sometimes called a "method" instead of an "algorithm" as...
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    index – a powerful, general strategy for analyzing bandit problems. Greedy algorithm Optimal stopping Search theory Stochastic scheduling Auer, P.; Cesa-Bianchi...
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  • This algorithm is a greedy algorithm, choosing the best choice given any situation. It is the reverse of Kruskal's algorithm, which is another greedy algorithm...
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    In computer science, Prim's algorithm is a greedy algorithm that finds a minimum spanning tree for a weighted undirected graph. This means it finds a...
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  • solution can be approximated as a separate representation and a numerical greedy algorithm to find the solution. In the Proper Generalized Decomposition method...
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  • vertex. The cop-win graphs can be recognized in polynomial time by a greedy algorithm that constructs a dismantling order. They include the chordal graphs...
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  • This also leads to at least one zero in each row. As such, a naive greedy algorithm can attempt to assign all workers a task with a penalty of zero. This...
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  • closest pair. The nearest-neighbor chain algorithm uses a smaller amount of time and space than the greedy algorithm by merging pairs of clusters in a different...
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  • Greedoid (category Greedy algorithms)
    solved by greedy algorithms. Around 1980, Korte and Lovász introduced the greedoid to further generalize this characterization of greedy algorithms; hence...
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  • of Fame Greedy algorithm, any algorithm that follows the problem-solving heuristic of making the locally optimal choice at each stage Greedy (film), a...
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    are two famous algorithms to achieve asymptotically optimal packing in k-uniform hypergraphs. One of them is a random greedy algorithm which was proposed...
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    Borůvka's algorithm is a greedy algorithm for finding a minimum spanning tree in a graph, or a minimum spanning forest in the case of a graph that is...
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  • not specified in the algorithm, a good initial assignment can be critical for quickly approaching a solution. Use a greedy algorithm with some level of...
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  • systems, such as those used in the US and many other countries, a greedy algorithm of picking the largest denomination of coin which is not greater than...
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  • the feasible set, which has helped to the popularity of the algorithm for sparse greedy optimization in machine learning and signal processing problems...
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