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Algorithmic paradigm

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An algorithmic paradigm, algorithm design paradigm, algorithmic technique, or algorithmic strategy is a generic method or approach which underlies the design of a class of algorithms. It and an abstraction higher than the notion of algorithm, just as an algorithm is an abstraction higter than a computer program. [1][2] Typical examples of algorithmic paradigms include the greedy algorithm in optimization problems, plane sweep in computational geometry, dynamic programming and divide and conquer algorithms.

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