The HyperLogLog algorithm estimates the cardinality (number of unique elements) of a very large multiset.

See original paper by Philippe Flajolet, Éric Fusy, Olivier Genouet, and Frédéric Meunier.

We intend to implement a revised version of this algorithm by Stefan Heule, Marc Nunkesser, and Alexander Hall.

See http://research.neustar.biz/2013/03/25/hyperloglog-engineering-choosing-the-right-bits/.

This coding project is collaborative work among Jawad Stouli, David Branner, and Himanish Kushary.

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