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Subject: Re: Search algorithms

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 07:39:47 11/07/03

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On November 07, 2003 at 10:22:13, margolies,marc wrote:

>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.

That's what makes them identical in this case: they search the same (amount of)
nodes!

You've just reinforced my point.

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GCP



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