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Flajolet-Martin algorithm

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Etymology

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Introduced by Philippe Flajolet and G. Nigel Martin in their 1984 article "Probabilistic Counting Algorithms for Data Base Applications".

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Flajolet-Martin algorithm

  1. (computing theory) An algorithm for approximating the number of distinct elements in a stream with a single pass and logarithmic space consumption.