The official definition of an algorithm is ‘a list of rules you have to follow in order to solve a specific problem’.

In the age of Facebook and Netflix, the word “algorithm” has become so ubiquitous, and its connotation so amorphous, that it’s verging on jargon—maybe even cliché. The Atlantic’s Ian ...

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A new study of Veterans Health Administration data shows that the Care Assessment Needs (CAN) algorithm — a tool used to ...

Algorithms for managing data structures sometimes involve recursion. With recursion, an algorithm calls itself, which means it repeats its own processes as part of a looping structure, with each ...

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Princeton researchers are at the forefront of this computer science research, from the theoretical underpinnings to the new apps and devices to the ethical considerations.

As summer winds down, many of us in continental Europe are heading back north. The long return journeys from the beaches of ...