There are many common examples of algorithms, from sorting sets of numbers to finding routes through maps to displaying information on a screen. To get a feel for the concept of algorithms, ...

“The Algorithm” is impenetrable. It’s mysterious, it’s all-knowing, it’s omnipotent. Except that it’s not. An algorithm is a simple concept that, today, has many complex manifestations.

In fact, “15 Sorting Algorithms in 6 Minutes” — created by Timo Bingmann, a PhD student at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology — is one of the most weirdly hypnotic viewing experiences ...

“AlphaDev discovered improved sorting algorithms, including novel innovations such as the AlphaDev copy and swap moves,” Google DeepMind staff research scientist Daniel Mankowitz told VentureBeat.

Data scientists rely upon algorithms to help with classification and sorting. For instance, a large number of applications for working with people can be more successful with better clustering ...

The algorithm addresses something called the library sorting problem (more formally, the “list labeling” problem). The challenge is to devise a strategy for organizing books in some kind of sorted ...