This is a list of algorithm general topics.

• Analysis of algorithms

• Ant colony algorithm

• Approximation algorithm

• Best and worst cases

• Big O notation

• Combinatorial search

• Competitive analysis

• Computability theory

• Computational complexity theory

• Embarrassingly parallel problem

• Emergent algorithm

• Evolutionary algorithm

• Fast Fourier transform

• Genetic algorithm

• Graph exploration algorithm

• Heuristic

• Hill climbing

• Implementation

• Las Vegas algorithm

• Lock-free and wait-free algorithms

• Monte Carlo algorithm

• Numerical analysis

• Online algorithm

• Polynomial time approximation scheme

• Problem size

• Pseudorandom number generator

• Quantum algorithm

• Random-restart hill climbing

• Randomized algorithm

• Running time

• Sorting algorithm

• Search algorithm

• Stable algorithm (disambiguation)

• Super-recursive algorithm

• Tree search algorithm

See also

• List of algorithms for specific algorithms

• List of computability and complexity topics for more abstract theory

• List of complexity classes, complexity class

• List of data structures

• Outline of algorithms