The semi-random method constructs a combinatorial object in many small random rounds, discarding incompatible proposals and updating the remaining constraints after each round. Independent proposals give calculable expected changes; concentration and deterministic corrections preserve the statistics needed for subsequent rounds. Unlike a single random sample, this combines repeated randomness with a structured evolving state. The Rödl nibble is a matching in a hypergraph version of this method.
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