Term
Algorithm
An exact sequence of steps for solving a problem. The word comes from a Latin distortion of al-Khowarizmi's name.
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk, Peter L. Bernstein
Explained in
- Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk, Peter L. Bernstein
- Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions, Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
An exact sequence of steps for solving a problem. In the book, it is a way a computer or a person can act in a hard situation.
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, Yuval Noah Harari
An exact sequence of steps for solving a problem. A cooking recipe works this way, and so does a computer program.