algorithms

Controlling the Unaccountable Algorithm

Statistics / algorithms, ethics

BBC Radio 4 looks at algorithms in our everyday lives and why we…
Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem visualized

Maps / algorithms, animation, traveling salesman

The Traveling Salesman Problem is a popular puzzle that asks for the shortest…
Placement matching algorithms

Statistics / algorithms, matching, Tim Harford

Students want to get into a school, and schools want certain students. Match.…
Inadvertent algorithmic cruelty

Statistics / algorithms, facebook, human

If you logged into Facebook the past couple of weeks, you saw your…
Visualizing algorithms

Visualization / algorithms, Mike Bostock

Mike Bostock, who you might recognize from such things as Data-Driven Documents or…
How algorithms shape our world

Statistics / algorithms, Kevin Slavin, TED

Kevin Slavin, chairman and co-founder of Area/Code, describes how algorithms (processing tons and…