As with all "classic algorithms," its output was deterministic: it produced the same result for the same input every time. It would always finish, and it always produced the optimal, correct result.

Researchers adapt model predictive control from engineering to epidemic response, balancing health and economic costs under ...

Rahul Santhanam, University of Oxford The first primality tests using randomized algorithms (based on refinements to Fermat’s little theorem) ushered in a new era. Problem after problem turned out to ...