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sparsification

(algorithmic technique)

Definition: Technique for designing dynamic graph algorithms, which when applicable transform a time bound of T(n,m) onto O(T(n,n)), where m is the number of edges and n is the number of vertices of the given graph.

Note: From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 8-22, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.

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