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Subject: Re: Search algorithms

Author: margolies,marc

Date: 07:22:13 11/07/03

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it can be irrelevant with specific regard to the numerical efficiency of the
algorythm.
We all are familiar with orders of magnitude. I reminding you that while using
even the case of identical datasets, algorythms perform jobs differently with
respect to the scale of the data. What is efficient at one scale is too much
work at another.
Even when data is the same, and required output is the same, the amount of
effort in clock cycles to do the job is different, has a different cost in
resources. That's what makes them different.

On November 07, 2003 at 09:23:57, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 06, 2003 at 23:48:19, margolies,marc wrote:
>
>>the topic of the thread is the algorythm, dave. the algorythms are different.
>>that they search the same data in this is probably irrelevent unless you can
>>show otherwise.
>
>How on earth can it be irrelevant when the amount of nodes searched
>is the _key_ performance criterium?
>
>--
>GCP



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