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Optimisation algorithms

An optimisation algorithm finds the best possible solution to the problem posed. 

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How algorithms shape our world

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Say you were making a cup of tea ...now, ordinarily you wouldn't need to follow an algorithm to make said cup of tea, but suppose you were a robot and needed instructions ... consider for a moment how important the efficiency of the algorithm would be.

What do we mean by efficiency? Well, we mean things like TIME and SPACE and often times these two things have a big influence on each other. Definition: Algorithmic efficiency are the properties of an algorithm which relate to the amount of computational resources used by the algorithm. Analgorithm must be analysed to determine its resource usage.

The importance of efficiency with respect to time was emphasised by Ada Lovelace in 1843 as applying to Charles Babbage's mechanical analytical engine:

"In almost every computation a great variety of arrangements for the succession of the processes is possible, and various considerations must influence the selections amongst them for the purposes of a calculating engine. One essential object is to choose that arrangement which shall tend to reduce to a minimum the time necessary for completing the calculation"

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