Business by numbers.
The article reports on the increasingly widespread use of algorithms to sort and process the vast amounts of data underlying all manner of everyday business functions. Various examples are detailed, from the Luhn algorithm for validating credit card numbers to optimization algorithms used by logisti...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 384; no. 8546; pp. 85 - 88 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
9/15/2007
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| Sumario: | The article reports on the increasingly widespread use of algorithms to sort and process the vast amounts of data underlying all manner of everyday business functions. Various examples are detailed, from the Luhn algorithm for validating credit card numbers to optimization algorithms used by logistics firms and telecommunications companies, and statistical algorithms used in data analysis. |
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