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Bloom filters do support counting as opposed to what the article claims. See [1] for an example. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_filter#The_union_and_i
by malaggan 10y ago
Bloom filters do support counting as opposed to what the article claims. See [1] for an example.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_filter#The_union_and_intersection_of_sets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_filter#The_union_and_int...
- lorenzhs 10y agoCounting Bloom filters exist (but use more space). But your link estimates the number of elements inserted into the filter, which is something different. "Counting" is usually used to refer to the count per key, as in "how often did I insert key x?".