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approximate counting: a standalone construct

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approximatecounting1 CONSTRUCTApproximate countingMORRIS · STREAMING ALGORITHMS

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counting very many events in a small register by incrementing it only with a probability that falls as the count grows.

In streaming algorithms, approximate counting refers to counting very many events in a small register by incrementing it only with a probability that falls as the count grows. This meaning comes from Morris (1978) in Communications of the ACM.[1]

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References

  1. Morris, R. (1978). Counting large numbers of events in small registers. Communications of the ACM, 21(10), 840-842. https://doi.org/10.1145/359619.359627

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