“To me, an algorithm is any piece of automated code that accepts some number of variables and data, [then] uses those variables and data to make decisions. But that’s the boring computer science ...

How does Google's search actually work? The answer is both simple and complicated, demonstrable and secret. Every time it tweaks its algorithm, it tests the changes with a group of "search quality ...

Systems Approach Last year a couple of people forwarded to me the same article on a new method of finding shortest paths in networks.… The underlying research claims to improve on the classic approach ...

The most dramatic advances in human development over the past century can be summed up in two words: “if” and “then.” With only slight oversimplification, all marketing can be translated into if/then ...

Google has a new search algorithm, the system it uses to sort through all the information it has when you search and come back with answers. It’s called “Hummingbird” and below, what we know about it ...

The patch only fools a specific algorithm, but researchers are working on more flexible solutions The patch only fools a specific algorithm, but researchers are working on more flexible solutions is a ...