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In this chapter the author explains a clever approach to determining the winner of an election, and in so doing he demonstrates the following lessons: the most straightforward solution to a problem is not always the fastest one; often there are clever algorithms that can solve the same task with much less effort; it is not always easy to see whether an algorithm produces the correct result for every possible input; and sometimes one can prove that for a problem it is impossible to find an algorithm that is better than the one we already have.
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Erlebach, T. (2011). Majority - Who Gets Elected Class Rep?. In: Vöcking, B., et al. Algorithms Unplugged. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15328-0_24
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