ERIC Number: ED171589
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1978-Aug
Pages: 186
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Statistical Methods in Algorithm Design and Analysis.
Weide, Bruce W.
The use of statistical methods in the design and analysis of discrete algorithms is explored. The introductory chapter contains a literature survey and background material on probability theory. In Chapter 2, probabilistic approximation algorithms are discussed with the goal of exposing and correcting some oversights in previous work. Chapter 3 contains many useful design and analysis tools and several examples of the uses of the methods. Finally, Chapter 4 describes the uses of results from order statistics to analyze greedy algorithms and to investigate the behavior of parallel algorithms. (MP)
Publication Type: Books; Dissertations/Theses
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA. Dept. of Computer Science.
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Note: Ph.D. Dissertation, Carnegie-Mellon University