Turing Award winner Tony Hoare, computing pioneer who invented Quicksort, dies at the age of 92

An obituary of Tony Hoare, a pioneer and one of the greatest programmers in the early history of computing.
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Quicksort inventor Tony Hoare reaches the base case at 92

Classicist, philosopher, wit, and one of the greatest British computer scientists of all time Obit Professor Charles Anthony Richard Hoare has died at the age of 92. Known to many computer science ...
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Verifiable Random Function Schemes Based on SM2 Digital Signature Algorithm and its Applications for Committee Elections

Abstract: A verifiable random function (VRF) is a pseudorandom function that enables source verification. By providing a public verification key and accompanying proof with the output, all parties can ...
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Digital clinical decision support algorithm substantially reduced antibiotic prescribing without compromising clinical recovery, according to non-randomized controlled trial in ...

In a pragmatic cluster non-randomized trial, Alexandra Kulinkina and colleagues investigate the effectiveness of a clinical decision support algorithm for guiding antibiotic prescribing in pediatric ...
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The Role of Random Walk-Based Techniques in Enhancing Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms—A Systematic and Comprehensive Review

Abstract: Metaheuristic algorithms (MHAs) occupy considerable attention among researchers because of their high performance and robustness in optimizing several engineering problems. Random walk (RW) ...
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Movers’ Quick Action Helped Police Rescue 3-Year-Old Allegedly Kidnapped By ‘Random Woman’

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 3-year-old Arizona girl who was allegedly kidnapped by a “random woman” her parents allowed to stay over their home was found ...