Greedy Algorithms: Huffman Coding
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Greedy Algorithms: In an optimization problem, we are given an input and asked to compute a structure, subject to various constraints, in a manner that either minimizes cost or maximizes profit. Such problems arise in many applications of science and engineering. Given an optimization problem, we are often faced with the question of whether the problem can be solved efficiently (as opposed to a brute-force enumeration of all possible solutions), and if so, what approach should be used to compute the optimal solution?
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