List out the characteristics of an algorithm

Sandhya.Kishan

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• Mar 7th, 2012

1.It should be simple.
2.Generally written in simple language.
3.It involves finite number of steps.
4.should be executed in short period of time.
5.Output of algorithm should be unique.

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Bring out the advantages of circular queue over linear queue

dharmraj

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• Sep 5th, 2010

In CQ we utilize memory efficiently. because in queue when we delete any element only front increment by 1, but that position is not used later. so when we perform more add and delete operation, m...

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Demonstrate the quicksort algorithm to sort a list of data elements

adnan15110

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• Jan 3rd, 2010

Pick an element, called a pivot from the list. Reorder the list so that all elements which are less than the pivot come before the pivot and so that all elements greater than the pivo...

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Design a conventional iterative algorithm to traverse a binary tree represented in linked lists in inorder.

ChrisL216

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• Dec 14th, 2009

Void display(){    System.out.print(lnr(root));}void lnr(Node p){      // left node right    if(p == null) return;    lnr(p.left);    System.out.print(p.key);    lnr(p.right);}

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Design a conventional iterative algorithm to traverse a binary tree represented in linked lists in preorder.

ratanlal

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• Aug 14th, 2009

Preorder(node root)if root=NULL;returnelsedoprint "root->data"  preorder(root->left)preorder(root->right)end else

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Design a conventional iterative algorithm to traverse a binary tree represented in linked lists in postorder.

trivial

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• Aug 19th, 2009

We define int visit[SIZEOFTREE] such that visit[i]=1 if i th node is visited=0 otherwise visit[NULL]=1 alwaysvoid posttrav_ite...

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What is the importance of algorithms in the field of computer science?

kbjarnason

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• Jul 2nd, 2010

An algorithm is nothing more than a defined series of steps to achieve a goal.  For example adding a value to the value in a memory location works something like this:  load existing value f...

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A video club rents video for three days. Write an algorithm to read the date borrowed and the present date; calculate the number of days borrowed. If the number of days exceeds three days, compute the number of days overdue and overdue charge. Use a rate of $1.50 for everyday overdue or part overdue

Chrisostomo Quitana

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• May 18th, 2010

Set dateBarrowed as DateSet todayDate as Current DateSet duration as integerSet overDueFee as DoublePrint "Enter barrowed Date:"read dateBarrowedset duration as the difference of dateBarrowe...

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Write an algorithm to input the price of a textbook. Calculate the price and print the total cost of the book after 15% VAT is added

rrc_83

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• Jun 22nd, 2010

In python - input_price = float(input('Enter price of book'))output_price = round((input_price * 1.15) , 2) // price+ price *0.15 print 'Cost of book after VAT is %s'% output_price

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Design an algorithm to show the different operations on degree

Prince Mishra

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• Jan 4th, 2011

Can you be a little more explicit on what kind of degree?Is that related to exponentiation?

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I want to calculate number of DISTINCT palindromic substrings in a string.How to do it?

Like if aba is string the their are 3 distinct palindromic subsrings:{a,aba,b}

length of string could be 10^5 range.So i dont think O(n^2) solution will work.I want a algorithm to do this in less than O(n^2).

Eric Nantel

• Apr 22nd, 2015

"cpp /*something like this*/ bool isPalin = true; const char* msg; char* ptr_1 , ptr_2; ptr_1 = msg; unsigned int size = ARRAYSIZE(msg); ptr_2 = msg + (size - 1); auto sub; ...

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Create the flowchart and algorithm for a module that will prompt the user to enter the amount of cash they have in their pocket. The program should output “Not Enough” ($0 - $0.64), “Vending Machine” ($0.65 - $1.99), “Fast Food” ($2.00 - $4.99), “Cafeteria” ($5.00 - $14.99) or “Steak House” ($15 and up) depending on what the user can afford for lunch.

Jole

• Jan 15th, 2015

Create a basic CASE statement. Then for the diagram just have all the different options spidering out. Google other examples.

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Pipes are laid by an oil company. If the company has to laid down 3 km of pipe and each pipe is 25 metres long, calculate and print the number of pipes needed to cover the distance.

Guddu

• May 19th, 2016

Total Distance = 3 x 1000 m = 3000m
Number of pipe required = 3000/25 = 120

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A club plays cricket only on Sundays and only if it is not raining. Read the day and the weather and "Game on" if the weather is good and the day is Sunday, or "Play Suspended" if it is not Sunday and it is raining.

ranveer

• Jun 10th, 2016

1. Check if the day is Sunday, If yes, Check weather if weather is good then game on else no game else Game off

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