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David Applegate, Robert Bixby, Vašek Chvátal, William Cook, and Keld Helsgaun
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Let’s assume that flying isn’t an option.
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Knuth is also well-known for using assembly code for an abstract computer of his own design.
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I’m talking about constant multiplicative factors here, such as doubling or halving the execution time.
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See Chapter 2 for more on benchmarking and empirical evaluation of algorithms.
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Hetland, M.L. (2014). Introduction. In: Python Algorithms. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0055-1_1
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