Question

This quantity is approximated via the convergence of iteratively reweighted least squares in Weiszfeld’s algorithm. In image processing, salt-and-pepper noise is effectively reduced by a nonlinear filter named for this quantity. Two subproblems have size one-fifth n and seven-tenths n in the recurrence of an algorithm that computes this quantity. (15[1])Using two heaps computes this quantity for a stream input in a problem about its “maintenance.” This quantity appears twice in the name of an (*) pivot-finding algorithm that runs in (10[1])asymptotically worst-case linear time. (10[1])The optimal runtime of quicksort occurs when the pivot always equals (-5[1])this value of the subarray. (-5[1])One way to find this quantity is to sort an array and get the element at index closest to half the array length. For 10 points, name this quantity equal to the 50th percentile of a data set. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: median [accept middle; accept geometric median; accept median filter; accept median-of-medians; accept median maintenance problem]
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= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Liam KusalikYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken4915
Sky LiSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donutas rational as the square root of two power bottoms7910
Asha BasuI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up Communism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country8310
Aaron Dos RemediosModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers94-5
Jananan ArulseelanThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere99-5
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha1380
Jason ZhangShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange1380

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y560%20%40%70.33
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024N6100%33%33%102.67
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024N3100%0%0%117.67