Online algorithms are designed to make decisions sequentially, without complete knowledge of future inputs. In many real-world applications—from scheduling and resource allocation to network ...
Discover how the Luhn Algorithm verifies credit card accuracy, supports secure transactions, and helps prevent errors in inputting Social Security numbers.
When scientists test algorithms that sort or classify data they often turn to a trusted tool called Normalized Mutual ...
The future of TikTok's U.S. operations is uncertain after ByteDance, the app's owner, signed agreements to form a joint ...
The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short video platform TikTok has once again come under the ...
In algorithms, as in life, negativity can be a drag. Consider the problem of finding the shortest path between two points on a graph — a network of nodes connected by links, or edges. Often, these ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...
The content recommendation algorithm, which powers the short video platform TikTok, has come back into the spotlight after Chinese owner ByteDance signed binding agreements to establish a joint ...
Rice quantum computing researchers have introduced a novel algorithm that earned the team a place in the global XPRIZE Quantum Applications competition.