algorithm
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Many service sector workers find that they only get shifts when an algorithm says their labor is required – leaving their schedules and earnings unpredictable.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Rather than manually extracting proteins and peptides from tissues and then using methods such as mass spectrometry to identify huge numbers of molecules, the researchers created a computer algorithm called Peptide Predictor.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
But those everyday traders can’t react anywhere near as quickly as a fast-twitch algorithm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
For everyday investors, this shifts the question from whether to automate their investing, to how much control they are willing to hand over to an algorithm.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The classrooms shown by the algorithm to have the best teachers, in which big gains were thought to have been legitimately attained.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Performance is tracked through ratings, with incentives and penalties generated by algorithms.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
None of the protesters interviewed for this story spoke about algorithms, engagement or going viral.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Instead, sophisticated algorithms are needed to describe the entire system.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Back in Minnesota, Smith is content to let Schwab’s algorithms handle his Roth IRA while he travels.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Mathematics in this view is cut-and-dried and calls for nothing so much as mastery of the requisite algorithms, and unlimited patience.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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