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Incrementally build candidates to a solution and abandon a candidate ("backtrack") as soon as it is determined that it cannot lead to a valid solution. Classic Example: N-Queens problem, Sudoku solvers, Maze generation.

Make the locally optimal choice at each stage, hoping to find the global optimum. Classic Example: Dijkstra’s Shortest Path, Kruskal’s Minimum Spanning Tree, Huffman Coding. Limitation: Greedy doesn't always work (e.g., it fails for the 0/1 Knapsack problem), but when it does, it is extremely fast. design analysis and algorithms

Backpropagation (O(n) per layer) and stochastic gradient descent are now the most executed algorithms on earth. Design analysis here focuses on convergence rates , not just runtime. Incrementally build candidates to a solution and abandon

Algorithm design often starts with the data structure selection. If you need fast lookup, design a hashing strategy. If you need range queries, design a tree traversal. Design analysis here focuses on convergence rates ,