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To a computer, part of our getting-dressed algorithm would look like “if it is below 50 degrees and it is raining, then pick the rain jacket and a long-sleeved shirt to wear underneath it.” ...
So the computer scientists developed a different type of algorithm that allowed users to more easily define what bad behavior they wanted their program to avoid. This, of course, makes the ...
There are concerns about whether or not the programmers building the savvy algorithms that run our lives are still in control of their creations.
Second, the program originally had the hospitals doing the proposing, giving their preferences a slight edge over students’. By 1997, the NRMP had updated the algorithm to address both these issues.
Little wonder that most large firms use a computer program, or algorithm, when it comes to screening candidates seeking junior jobs.
A teenage programmer tests a set of instructions she has written to get her computer to mop the floor. Suitable for teaching at KS3, KS4 and National 4 and 5.