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A variety of distributed algorithms built on top of\n            <jats:italic>mass-distribution<\/jats:italic>\n            techniques have been presented, analyzed, and experimentally evaluated; some of them assumed additional knowledge of network characteristics, such as bounded degree or given upper bound on the network size. However, the question of whether Counting can be solved deterministically in sub-exponential time remained open. In this work, we answer this question positively by presenting M\n            <jats:sc>ethodical<\/jats:sc>\n            C\n            <jats:sc>ounting<\/jats:sc>\n            , which runs in polynomial time and requires no knowledge of network characteristics. Moreover, we also show how to extend M\n            <jats:sc>ethodical<\/jats:sc>\n            C\n            <jats:sc>ounting<\/jats:sc>\n            to compute the sum of input values and more complex functions without extra cost. Our analysis leverages previous work on random walks in evolving graphs, combined with carefully chosen alarms in the algorithm that control the process and its parameters. 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