Greedy Techniques

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Dept of MCA Faculty: Dr. Arti Arya

Greedy Techniques:
* One of the straight forward techniques. * Used for solving optimization problems. Method: Every greedy based problem will be given a set of inputs & constraints. The objective is to find a solution vector , which satisfies set of constraints. The greedy method works in stages. At each stage a decision is made regarding whether/or not a particular i/p is an optimal solution. To know whether an i/p is optimal or not a selection process is used. If the i/p doesnt contribute to an optimal solution , it is not included in partial solution. PES School Of Engineering Dept of MCA Faculty: Dr. Arti Arya
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Greedy Algorithm have 5 pillars:

(1).Candidate Set: form which a solution is created. (2) A Selection Function: which chooses the best candidate to be added to solution.

(3) A Feasibility Function: that is used to determine if a candidate can be used to contribute to a solution.
(4).An Objective Function: which assigns a value to a solution , or a partial solution.

(5).Solution Function: which will indicate when we discovered complete a complete solution.

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Dept of MCA Faculty: Dr. Arti Arya

Greedy Algorithm:
- They are shortsighted , in their approach , taking decisions on the basis of information available immediately at hand without about the effect , these decisions may have in future .
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Greedy Method Control Abstraction: ALGORITHM Greedy(a,n) // a[1:n] contains n inputs { solution= ; // initialize the solution. This version of greedy for i = 1 to n do { algorithm is Subset paradigm x= Select(a) if feasible(Solution , x) then solution = Union(Solution , x ); } return solution; }

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For problems , that do not call for selection of an optimal subset , in the Greedy method , the decisions by considering the i/p in some order , then this version of Greedy algorithm is called ordering paradigm.

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Dept of MCA Faculty: Dr. Arti Arya