Hybrid Approach
Hybrid approach to using Ostrich algorithm is determining that the exceedingly rare case does not happen, and then switching from another costly algorithm to this one. The trade-off here is that if circumstances change or are unaccounted for, the rare problem may re-occur.
An example can be found in the Non Hard-Locking ReadWriteLocker site, where one has the option to determine where deadlocks might occur, and then turn off deadlock detection once one determines it doesn't need to be used.
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