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Sattolo's algorithm

Sattolo's algorithm proper noun: a variant of the Fisher-Yates shuffle that generates uniformly distributed cycles of some maximal length n, rather than permutations of the entire sequence.

Proper noun

Sattolo's algorithm

  1. A variant of the Fisher-Yates shuffle that generates uniformly distributed cycles of some maximal length n, rather than permutations of the entire sequence.

Origin of Sattolo's algorithm

Published in 1986 by Sandra Sattolo.

Questions about Sattolo's algorithm

What does Sattolo's algorithm mean?
Sattolo's algorithm means a variant of the Fisher-Yates shuffle that generates uniformly distributed cycles of some maximal length n, rather than permutations of the entire sequence.
What part of speech is Sattolo's algorithm?
Sattolo's algorithm is a proper noun.

Words near Sattolo's algorithm in the dictionary

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  6. Sattolo's algorithm
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