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Definition

[1986] Dictionary of Information Technology
“A finite set of well-defined rules for the solution of a problem in a finite number of steps.”

[1989, Seventh Edition] Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopaedia
“A detailed logical procedure which represents the solution of a particular problem.”

[1972] Stafford Beer, Brain of the Firm, Allen Lane The Penguin Press, London
“An algorithm is a technique, or a mechanism, which prescribes how to reach a fully specified goal.”
(Chapter 4, p. 68)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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