
How does a 'diff' algorithm work, e.g. in VCDIFF and DiffMerge?
Here is a page that includes a bit of documentation, full source code, and examples of a diff algorithm using the techniques in the aforementioned algorithm. The source code appears to …
c - How is a CRC32 checksum calculated? - Stack Overflow
Your code is a bit hard to understand, partly because it's incomplete: temp and testcrc are not declared, so it's unclear what's being indexed, and how much data is running through the …
Tower of Hanoi: Recursive Algorithm - Stack Overflow
Aug 3, 2009 · Although I have no problem whatsoever understanding recursion, I can't seem to wrap my head around the recursive solution to the Tower of Hanoi problem. Here is the code …
algorithm - Finding all possible combinations of numbers to reach …
Jan 8, 2011 · How would you go about testing all possible combinations of additions from a given set N of numbers so they add up to a given final number? A brief example: Set of numbers to …
What is the fastest substring search algorithm? - Stack Overflow
Aug 13, 2013 · Each search algorithm comes in several variations that can make significant differences to its performance, as, for example, this paper illustrates. Benchmark your service …
The best shortest path algorithm - Stack Overflow
What is the difference between the "Floyd-Warshall algorithm" and "Dijkstra's Algorithm", and which is the best for finding the shortest path in a graph? I need to calculate the shortest path …
Algorithm to find multiple string matches - Stack Overflow
Jul 16, 2010 · In case you really need to implement the algorithm, I think the fastest way is to reproduce what agrep does (agrep excels in multi-string matching!). Here are the source and …
What is Sliding Window Algorithm? Examples? - Stack Overflow
Nov 25, 2011 · While solving a geometry problem, I came across an approach called Sliding Window Algorithm. Couldn't really find any study material/details on it. What is the algorithm …
What is the difference between a heuristic and an algorithm?
Feb 25, 2010 · An algorithm is the description of an automated solution to a problem. What the algorithm does is precisely defined. The solution could or could not be the best possible one …
algorithm - Peak signal detection in realtime timeseries data
Robust peak detection algorithm (using z-scores) I came up with an algorithm that works very well for these types of datasets. It is based on the principle of dispersion: if a new datapoint is a …