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      <p class="shortcomment cmt">Start the algorithm and make it active.</p><div class="fullcomment"><div class="comment cmt"><p>Start the algorithm and make it active. After it returns, the algorithm must be ready to provide
answers. Throws AlgorithmActiveException if the algorithm is already active.
</p></div><dl class="attributes block"> <dt>Definition Classes</dt><dd><a href="Algorithm.html" class="extype" n