(algorithmic technique)
Definition: A randomized algorithm that always produces correct results, with the only variation from one run to another being its running time.
Specialization (... is a kind of me.)
Grover's algorithm.
See also Monte Carlo algorithm, ZPP.
Note: From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, 15-21, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.
A Monte Carlo algorithm gives more precise results the longer you run it. A Las Vegas algorithm always gives the right answer, but the run time is indeterminate.
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