Probabilistic alternatives for competitive analysis

B. Hiller, T. Vredeveld

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Abstract

In the last 20 years competitive analysis has become the main tool for analyzing the quality of online algorithms. Despite of this, competitive analysis has also been criticized: it sometimes cannot discriminate between algorithms that exhibit significantly different empirical behavior, or it even favors an algorithm that is worse from an empirical point of view. Therefore, there have been several approaches to circumvent these drawbacks. In this survey, we discuss probabilistic alternatives for competitive analysis.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)189-196
JournalComputer Science - Research and Development
Volume27
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2012

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