Exact algorithm

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In computer science and operations research, exact algorithms are algorithms that always solve an optimization problem to optimality. Unless P = NP, an exact algorithm for an NP-hard optimization problem cannot run in worst-case polynomial time. There has been extensive research on finding exact algorithms whose running time is exponential with a low base.[1] [2]

See also

  • Approximation-preserving reduction
  • APX is the class of problems with some constant-factor approximation algorithm
  • Heuristic algorithm
  • PTAS - a type of approximation algorithm that takes the approximation ratio as a parameter

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