An algorithm is not a formula. To wrap our heads around the difference, why it’s important, and what each does, let’s consider for a moment the meal I might place on my dinner plate tonight.

The Formula, a new book by Fast Company writer Luke Dormehl, bears witness to the algorithmizing of everything to which Andreessen's quote refers. An algorithm is a sequential series of procedures ...

D. Sc., Professor Leonid Sokolinsky has derived a formula to evaluate the effectiveness of parallel algorithms. For four years, the scientist worked at the Supercomputer Simulation Laboratory at South ...