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Definition: Any algorithm that works for all practical purposes but has a theoretical chance of being wrong.
Specialization (... is a kind of me.)
Bloom filter, sublinear time algorithm.
See also Monte Carlo algorithm, Las Vegas algorithm, randomized algorithm, heuristic, deterministic algorithm.
Author: PEB
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Entry modified Tue Jan 27 09:45:35 2004.
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Paul E. Black, "probabilistic algorithm", from
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures, Paul E. Black, ed.,
NIST.
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