"approximation algorithm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: approximation algorithms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} approximation algorithm (plural approximation algorithms)
  1. (computing) A method of finding a nearly optimal solution to an optimization problem that cannot be solved exactly within a reasonable time. Wikipedia link: approximation algorithm Categories (topical): Computing Translations (method of finding a nearly optimal solution to a problem): 近似算法 (jìnsì suànfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), approksimointialgoritmi (Finnish), algoritmo de aproximação [masculine] (Portuguese), algoritm de aproximare [masculine] (Romanian)

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