How do you differentiate between an algorithm and a method? Why dont we call Newton’s Method or Ford-Faulkerson method Algorithms? What are a properties of a good algorithm and what qualifies a method as an algorithm?
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How do you differentiate between an algorithm and a method? Why dont we call Newton’s Method or Ford-Faulkerson method Algorithms? What are a properties of a good algorithm and what qualifies a method as an algorithm?
Regarding the Ford-Faulkerson Method, CLRS calls it method rather than algorithm because “it encompasses several implementation with different running time”[pp 651. 2nd editon]