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copied!<p><a href="http://jsfiddle.net/mM6bY/4/" rel="noreferrer">Here</a> it is the updated version of the algorithm based on the <a href="http://algo.inria.fr/flajolet/Publications/FlFuGaMe07.pdf" rel="noreferrer">newer paper</a>:</p> <pre><code>var pow_2_32 = 0xFFFFFFFF + 1; function HyperLogLog(std_error) { function log2(x) { return Math.log(x) / Math.LN2; } function rank(hash, max) { var r = 1; while ((hash & 1) == 0 && r <= max) { ++r; hash >>>= 1; } return r; } var m = 1.04 / std_error; var k = Math.ceil(log2(m * m)), k_comp = 32 - k; m = Math.pow(2, k); var alpha_m = m == 16 ? 0.673 : m == 32 ? 0.697 : m == 64 ? 0.709 : 0.7213 / (1 + 1.079 / m); var M = []; for (var i = 0; i < m; ++i) M[i] = 0; function count(hash) { if (hash !== undefined) { var j = hash >>> k_comp; M[j] = Math.max(M[j], rank(hash, k_comp)); } else { var c = 0.0; for (var i = 0; i < m; ++i) c += 1 / Math.pow(2, M[i]); var E = alpha_m * m * m / c; // -- make corrections if (E <= 5/2 * m) { var V = 0; for (var i = 0; i < m; ++i) if (M[i] == 0) ++V; if (V > 0) E = m * Math.log(m / V); } else if (E > 1/30 * pow_2_32) E = -pow_2_32 * Math.log(1 - E / pow_2_32); // -- return E; } } return {count: count}; } function fnv1a(text) { var hash = 2166136261; for (var i = 0; i < text.length; ++i) { hash ^= text.charCodeAt(i); hash += (hash << 1) + (hash << 4) + (hash << 7) + (hash << 8) + (hash << 24); } return hash >>> 0; } var words = ['aardvark', 'abyssinian', ..., 'zoology']; // 2336 words var seed = Math.floor(Math.random() * pow_2_32); // make more fun var log_log = HyperLogLog(0.065); for (var i = 0; i < words.length; ++i) log_log.count(fnv1a(words[i]) ^ seed); var count = log_log.count(); alert(count + ', error ' + (count - words.length) / (words.length / 100.0) + '%'); </code></pre>

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