(algorithm)
Definition: An approximate location is interpolated from the first and last items of a sorted array, then a linear search finds the actual location.
See also interpolation search.
Author: PEB
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Entry modified 16 November 2009.
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Paul E. Black, "interpolation-sequential search", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. 16 November 2009. (accessed TODAY)
Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/interpsequen.html
