Algorithm design is a specific method to create a mathematical process in solving problems. Applied algorithm design is Algorithm engineering.

Algorithm design are identified and incorporated into many solution theories of operation research, such as dynamic programming and divide-and-conquer. Techniques for designing and implementing algorithm designs are algorithm design patterns ^[1] , such as template method patterns and decorator patterns, and uses of data structures, and name and sort lists. Some current day uses of algorithm design can be found in internet retrieval processes of web crawling packet routing and caching. Operations research, operational research, or simply OR, is the use of mathematical models, statistics and algorithms to aid in decision-making. ... In computer science, dynamic programming is a method of solving problems exhibiting the properties of overlapping subproblems and optimal substructure (described below) that takes much less time than naive methods. ... In computer science, divide and conquer (D&C) is an important algorithm design paradigm. ...

Mainframe programming languages such as ALGOL (for Algorithmic language), FORTRAN, COBOL, PL/I, SAIL, and SNOBOL are computing tools to implement an "algorithm design"... but, an "algorithm design" (a/d) is not a language. An a/d can be a hand written process, eg. set of equations, a series of mechanical processes done by hand, an analog piece of equipment, or a digital process and/or processor. Algol (β Per / Beta Persei) is a bright star in the constellation Perseus. ... Fortran (previously FORTRAN[1]) is a general-purpose[2], procedural,[3] imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. ... COBOL is a third-generation programming language, and one of the oldest programming languages still in active use. ... A gaff-rigged cutter flying a mainsail, staysail and genoa jib For other uses, see Sail (disambiguation). ...

Further reading

• Algorithm Design Paradigms - Overview by Paul Dunne at the University of Liverpool
• Stony Brook Algorithm Repository by Steven S. Skiena, Department of Computer Science , State University of New York

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