Boyer-Moore-Horspool algorithm

English

Etymology

It was published by Nigel Horspool in 1980, and based on an earlier (1977) algorithm developed by Robert S. Boyer and J. Strother Moore.

Proper noun

the Boyer-Moore-Horspool algorithm

1. (computing theory) An algorithm for finding substrings that trades space for time in order to obtain an average-case time complexity of O(n) on random text.

   Synonym: Horspool's algorithm