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Ask HN: Which algorithms do you use on a regular basis?
Which algorithms do you use in your applications and how do you use them?
- valarauca1 12y agoReally this is more of a question of what domain you work in. Since most algorithms apply to very specific data and needs of that data to do something.
- akbar501 12y agoYes, it's a deliberately open ended question to get a feel for which algos people are using for which problems.
- biomimic 12y agoAn experimental algo similar to Word2Vec Another experimental algo which compares rich vectors for similarity which is a variant of an uncentered Pearson Correlation
- alashley 12y agogoogle the error message
- Someone1234 12y agoNone. I haven't implemented a single computer science-style algorithm since I graduated. Even the rare times I need one there are perfect (i.e. bug free/edge case free) pre-existing examples available. This is likely true for the silent majority who are doing CRUD or web development.
- topkai22 12y agoBinary search- to find the file that causing the build to break . Barrier pattern to deal with threads, although I mostly can let libraries deal with that. Those are two I can remember using recently. I once worked on a very big graph search problem using A* and some other algorithms. That was fun.
- alain94040 12y agoDichotomy search is still by far my most used algorithm. Say you want to figure out why a regression happened between commit 1 and 100, please don't build all versions in sequence :-)