How does a 'diff' algorithm work, e.g. in VCDIFF and DiffMerge?
An O(ND) Difference Algorithm and its Variations (1986, Eugene W. Myers) is a fantastic paper and you may want to start there. It includes pseudo-code and a nice visualization of the graph …
algorithm - Calculate distance between two latitude-longitude …
Aug 26, 2008 · Some of the answers do refer to Vincenty's formula for ellipsoids, but that algorithm was designed for use on 1960s' era desk calculators and it has stability & accuracy …
algorithm - Finding all possible combinations of numbers to reach …
Jan 8, 2011 · Here is a Java version which is well suited for small N and very large target sum, when complexity O(t*N) (the dynamic solution) is greater than the exponential algorithm. My …
What are some algorithms for comparing how similar two strings …
You may use the algorithm of computing the length of the longest common sub-sequence to solve the problem. If the length of the longest common sub-sequence for both the input strings is …
Where can I find information on the D* or D* Lite pathfinding …
Aug 2, 2010 · It's designed to clearly show how the algorithm responds to changes in the environment, which is a key feature of D* Lite. I've also put together a comprehensive …
algorithm - What is the best way to get the minimum or maximum …
Jan 8, 2009 · Then there is an algorithm that finds the min and max in 3n/2 number of comparisons. What one needs to do is process the elements of the array in pairs. The larger of …
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 …
algorithm - Big O, how do you calculate/approximate it? - Stack …
Dec 19, 2019 · Big-O does not measure efficiency; it measures how well an algorithm scales with size (it could apply to other things than size too but that's what we likely are interested here) - …
jwt - RS256 vs HS256: What's the difference? - Stack Overflow
Aug 31, 2016 · One small correction, "HS256 (HMAC with SHA-256), on the other hand, is a symmetric algorithm" - HMAC does not utilize a symmetric-key algorithm (which would allow …
algorithm - What is the most efficient way of finding a path …
The most commonly used algorithm for this problem is A* (A Star), which is a generalized Dijkstra's algorithm search with added heuristics - the purpose of the heuristics is to direct the …