Sponsor |  artist | Jun 4, 2004 8:39pm | Which are the best algorithm you have seen?
Some conditions have to be there.. so
A. Used by many people.
1. Google Pagerank. |
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 |  113172 | Jun 5, 2004 8:39am | | the DNA-based algorithm, used to encode cellular life. |
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Sponsor | | artist | Jun 5, 2004 8:45am | 2>
References please. |
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Sponsor | | rolandog | Dec 12, 2004 7:36pm | Isn't an algorithm a method for solving a problem?
The first 'algorithm' I learned was using the Newton-Rhapson Method to solve for Gas Volume in the SRK Equation of State while coding a calculator in Fortran (for a final project, a while ago).
I was 17 back then, and I felt proud of myself for I had to learn the iterative method and the equation of state by myself. The subject I was taking was 'Computer Science for Engineers' but they taught us Fortran instead of C+. The SRK EoS is a good equation to emulate light gaseous hydrocarbons.
I feel like the Algorithm was a good one mainly because it was the first (and perhaps one of the easiest) iterative methods that any engineer learns. Since I'm a Chemical Engineer, that and other methods are quite useful for Distillation Tower Design and other things. |
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| | JC68HC11DLL | Mar 29, 2005 6:44am | | Reed-Solomon error correction. Used to correct errors in compact discs, and is the main algorithm behind parchive files (also RAR recovery volumes), and RAID systems. Very cool. |
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Sponsor | | zoorrgg | Mar 30, 2005 11:33am | | Euclide algorithm is the best works for any rings |
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Sponsor | | pjd | Mar 31, 2005 1:17am | The cluster of closely-related entropy-modelling algorithms and data structures that include BWT (Burrows-Wheeler Transform), PPM (Prediction by Partial Match), and their many variants.
And range/arithmetic coding. |
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|  Zefyr | Feb 9, 2006 8:30am | Under the artist's conditions, I think it's the Brent's Method. I suspect that it is the most popular to solve equations, combines the bisection method, the secant method and inverse quadratic interpolation, aka "safeguarded polynomial interpolation".
But ignoring the conditions I would choose this =) |
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| | rkuris | Feb 21, 2006 8:38am | | I think the best algorithms are the more obvious ones. I'd go for a binary search. Imagine life without it! |
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