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ρ-approximation algorithm

(algorithmic technique)

Definition: An approximation algorithm guaranteed to find a solution at most (or at least, as appropriate) ρ times the optimum. The ratio ρ is the performance ratio or relative performance guarantee of the algorithm.

Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
approximation algorithm.

See also Monte Carlo algorithm.

Note: From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, pages 32-39 and 34-17, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.

Author: CRC-A


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Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, CRC Press LLC, 1999, "ρ-approximation algorithm", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 22 January 2013. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/rhoapproxmtn.html