(algorithmic technique)
Definition: An algorithm that inefficiently solves a problem, often by trying every one of a wide range of possible solutions.
Specialization (... is a kind of me.)
exhaustive search, brute force string search.
Note: After LK.
From Dragon Tails. Used by permission. Copyright © 2003 Tim Dawson.
Author: PEB
If you have suggestions, corrections, or comments, please get in touch with Paul E. Black.
Entry modified 14 August 2008.
HTML page formatted Tue Dec 6 16:16:32 2011.
Cite this as:
Paul E. Black, "brute force", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. 14 August 2008. (accessed TODAY)
Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/bruteforce.html