The document summarizes and compares several algorithms for signal approximation and sparse signal recovery, including Equivalent Detection (ED), Non-negative Equivalent Detection, Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP), and Stagewise Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (StOMP). It discusses how each algorithm works, including iteratively selecting atoms from a dictionary to build up a sparse representation of the signal. OMP selects one atom per iteration while StOMP selects all atoms above a threshold. The document also discusses computational complexities of the different algorithms.