Algorithmic trading provides a more systematic approach to active trading than one based on intuition or instinct. Learn how ...

Overview: An algorithm is a step-by-step set of instructions that takes an input and produces a clear output, just like a ...

If someone asks you to determine whether two objects are the same, it might seem like a trivial request. In most everyday cases, a quick glance is enough for you to render an accurate judgment. But in ...

A study describes a new computer algorithm which can be applied to Earth System Models to drastically reduce the time needed to prepare these in order to make accurate predictions of future climate ...

Lealholm is a postcard village – the kind of thousand-year-old settlement with just a tea room, pub, provincial train station and a solitary Post Office to distinguish it from the rolling wilderness ...

Last year, a group of German computer scientists made waves by demonstrating a new computer algorithm that could transform any digital still image into artwork mimicking the painterly styles of ...

A team of researchers from Tri Alpha Energy Inc. and Google has developed an algorithm that can be used to speed up experiments conducted with plasma. In their paper published in the journal ...

A robot with a navigation system that mirrors the neural scheme used by humans and animals to find their way around has been developed by A*STAR researchers. The human navigation function is operated ...

The government should force public sector bodies to be more transparent about their use of algorithms that make “life-affecting” decisions about individuals, says a review into algorithmic bias.

NOTE: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can sign up here. If you shop online, there's a good chance the price you pay for stuff is determined by a computer algorithm. As of 2015, ...