multialgorithm

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adjective

Involving more than one algorithm.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adjectivemultialgorithm (not comparable)
  1. not comparableInvolving more than one algorithm.

    Synonyms: multialgorithmic

nounmultialgorithm (plural multialgorithms)

plural multialgorithms

  1. A collection of varied algorithms that are applied to the same problem, either interleaved or in parallel.

    To improve the robustness of biometric systems, multisamples (multiple sampes of the same biometric characteristic), multialgorithms (multiple algorithms with the same biometric sample), and multimodal (different biometric characteristics) biometric systems have been developed.

    2010, Alan C. Bovik, Handbook of Image and Video Processing, →ISBN, page 1283
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    Also, mixed strategies developed in Nazareth and Qi [1996], which interleave the sum-of-squares merit function and the Lagrangian-based potential function in order to enhance robustness without sacrificing efficiency, can be replaced by pure strategies (basic forms of the algorithms) that run, in parallel, within the framework of a multialgorithm.

    2006, John Nazareth, Differentiable Optimization and Equation Solving, →ISBN, page 201

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveInvolving more than one algorithm.

Origin

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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