June 2020
Intermediate to advanced
382 pages
11h 39m
English
Content preview from 40 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know
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Misguided evidence
Algorithms are data-driven formulations. The Garbage-in, Garbage-out (GIGO) principle means that results from algorithms can only be as reliable as the data on which they are based. If there are biases in the data, they will be reflected in the algorithms as well.