When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

Cryptography secures communication in banking, messaging, and blockchain. Good algorithms (AES, RSA, ECC, SHA-2/3, ChaCha20) are secure, efficient, and widely trusted. Bad algorithms (DES, MD5, SHA-1, ...

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 ...

One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling discovery about the relationship between time and memory in computing.

Institute of Logistics Science and Engineering of Shanghai Maritime University, Pudong, China Introduction: This study addresses the joint scheduling optimization of continuous berths and quay cranes ...

Abstract: The research primarily examines the significance of pivot selection of the widely used QuickSort algorithm in order to increase the overall performance and ...

Abstract: This paper compares the time complexity of various sorting algorithms for the logic, code and time complexity of each algorithm. The sorting algorithms that this paper discusses are ...

An image encryption and decryption method of fractional order chaotic systems (FOCS) with predefined time synchronization is proposed in this article. Compared with the existing integer order chaotic ...