An algorithmic paradigm or algorithm design paradigm is a generic model or framework which underlies the design of a class of algorithms. An algorithmic paradigm is an abstraction higher than the notion of an algorithm, just as an algorithm is an abstraction higher than a computer program.p. 702p. 9
List of well-known paradigms
General
Backtracking Branch and bound Brute-force search Divide and conquer Dynamic programming Greedy algorithm Recursion Prune and search
Parameterized complexity
Kernelization Iterative compression
Computational geometry
Sweep line algorithms Rotating calipers Randomized incremental construction
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