(algorithm)
Definition: A heuristic that keeps the elements of a list ordered by number of times each element is the target of a search.
Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
Self-organising_heuristic [Wikipedia].
See also self-organizing list.
Author: PEB
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Entry modified 23 December 2011.
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Cite this as:
Paul E. Black, "frequency count heuristic", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. 23 December 2011. (accessed TODAY)
Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/frequencyCountHueristic.html
