Definition:Algorithm/Effectiveness
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Definition
An algorithm is supposed to be effective.
That is, its operations must be basic enough to be able to be done exactly and in a finite length of time by, for example, somebody using pencil and paper.
Sources
- 1997: Donald E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1.1$: Algorithms