algorithm
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The authors looked at player performance during the first two rounds of PGA tournaments, where a computer algorithm randomly assigns golfing partners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The research team also applied a new algorithm that accounts for the angle at which the satellite views the Earth.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
This is splashy entertainment with a few sharp elbows, like when Arthur grins, saying that “the algorithm loves remakes.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The internet called it “Pied Piper,” after the fictional compression algorithm in HBO’s “Silicon Valley” series.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
This is a conservative estimate, since the algorithm was able to identify only the most egregious form of cheating—in which teachers systematically changed students’ answers—and not the many subtler ways a teacher might cheat.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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