Word: algorithmically
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Crude as it was, Burgess’s algorithm predicted parole violation more accurately than psychiatrists who had access to all the same information. You see, the psychiatrists had a handicap: they had interviewed the prisoners and based their judgments on informal impressions. Burgess’s study revealed an unintuitive truth: quick, subjective human judgments are flawed...
...Wales can grow his volunteer base of previously idle computers as he has grown the editorial manpower of Wikipedia, perhaps a feasible search index is within grasp. Indexing the Internet, however, is the least of Jimbo's problems. Search engines rely on their algorithms, or complex formulas, to determine what listings to return for a searcher's query. Wales' answer to a better search experience is to combine a computer algorithm with editors who monitor what results should be returned for any given search. But can a viable search engine rely on the altruistic motives of its volunteer keepers...
...worked out well for many; the CEO of one of our larger HMOs took home over a billion dollars last year. These people know they can slice up and squeeze the money out of the doctor-patient relationship only if it's reduced to a lifeless, mechanical emulation - an algorithm. But it's more complex and beautiful than those without feeling and judgment can know, and sometimes, like in Tim's case, it's simpler...
...face of the earth. At most colleges the person that you ultimately are shaped into is determined through long bouts of reflection and tempering the inner metal of your being in the fire of self-doubt. Luckily, Harvard spares you this. Instead, who you are is determined by an algorithm run by a multibillion-dollar institution. Because, in case you haven’t noticed yet, your house is your life. Admitted to Adams? Buy a beret, get out your finger paint, and borrow those dining hall utensils (You can get into the servery now!) In Dunster? Your future...
...reasons for Wikipedia's stellar growth rate in visits is all the traffic it receives from search engines, over 64% last week. In fact, due to Google's algorithm for displaying search results and the abundance of links in any given entry, Wikipedia has become the #1 external site visited after Google's search page...