For as vast a number of things the word “algorithm” might apply to, it’s still very often used as either a stand-in for “computer program” or for “computer program replacing human brain-tasks.” What an algorithm really consists of is much simpler: steps to solve a problem, or to solve a problem within a given timeframe. Programs implement algorithms, but so do humans and other things in nature. Where there is a problem, there is an algorithmic solution. This list focuses (mainly) on what we usually think of as algorithms, which are computing/mathematical schemes. There were many more developed last year, of course, full-on libraries of code being generated one after the other, many destined to wither and fade within the Cornell University servers supporting the arXiv open-access research database. But some stood out. Exclusion from the list shouldn’t be taken as a slight because, really, tracking algorithm research completely would be like several full-time jobs just in itself.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:36:40 +0000
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