An algorithm, broadly defined, is an understandable and finite set of instructions for accomplishing some task which, given a defined set of inputs, will result in some recognisable end-state (contrast with heuristic). Algorithms often have steps that repeat (iterate) or require decisions (such as logic or comparison) until the task is completed.

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Algorithms on strings C Checksum algorithms Compression algorithms Cryptographic algorithms E Error detection and correction Evolutionary algorithms

F FFT algorithms G Geometric algorithms Graph algorithms M Mathematical methods Multiplication algorithms N Number theoretic algorithms O Optimization algorithms

P Pi algorithms Q Quantum algorithms R Root-finding algorithms S Scheduling (computing) Search algorithms Sort algorithms

Articles in category "Algorithms"

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A priori algorithm AC-3 algorithm Addition chain exponentiation Algorithm Algorithm (medical) Algorithmic number theory Algorithms for Recovery and Isolation Exploiting Semantics Alias method Amortized analysis Astronomical algorithm B Banker's algorithm Baum-Welch algorithm Binary search British Museum algorithm C Chung Kwei (algorithm) Cuthill-McKee algorithm D De Boor algorithm Depth-first search Diffusing update algorithm Disjoint-set data structure Divide and conquer (computer science) Divide-and-conquer eigenvalue algorithm Doomsday algorithm Downhill simplex E Elevator algorithm Exponential backoff F Filtered back projection Flood fill Flowchart

F cont. Floyd's cycle-finding algorithm G Generic cell rate algorithm Graph exploration algorithm Greedy algorithm H Hash function Hashing algorithm Horspool's algorithm for string matching I Integer square root Intersection algorithm Itoh-Tsujii inversion algorithm K K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm Knuth-Bendix completion algorithm Kuwaiti algorithm L Las Vegas algorithm Leaky bucket Lenstra-Lenstra-Lovász lattice reduction algorithm Linear search List of algorithms Lock-free and wait-free algorithms M MISER algorithm Marzullo's algorithm Maze generation algorithm Mehrotra predictor-corrector method Metropolis-Hastings algorithm Minimum degree algorithm Modular exponentiation Monte Carlo method Multiplication algorithm N Nagle's algorithm Non-blocking algorithm

N cont. Nonlinear dimensionality reduction P Particle-in-cell Polynomial long division Prime factorization algorithm R Rainflow-counting algorithm Randomized algorithm Reconstruction algorithm Recursion Risch algorithm Rsync S Scale-invariant feature transform Schreier-Sims algorithm Selection algorithm Semidefinite embedding Shifting nth-root algorithm Shortest seek first Sieve of Eratosthenes Spigot algorithm Spring-based algorithm Stable algorithm Symbolic Cholesky decomposition T Tarjan's off-line least common ancestors algorithm Temporally-ordered routing algorithm Timeline of algorithms Todd-Coxeter algorithm Trabb Pardo-Knuth algorithm U User:Trieu/Method of matrix rank V Viterbi algorithm X Xor swap algorithm Z Zeller's congruence