One simple illustration is K-nearest neighbor algorithm used for classification. It can be applied to digitizing hand-written characters, detecting hidden packages, etc.

Iteration is the process of repeating steps. For example, a very simple algorithm for eating breakfast cereal might consist of these steps: put cereal in bowl add milk to cereal spoon cereal and ...

The author presents a rapidly convergent algorithm to solve the general portfolio problem of maximizing concave utility functions subject to linear constraints. The algorithm is based on an iterative ...

For example, it might enable computers to quickly learn to recognize, and make use of, new words in spoken language. Or it could enable a computer to recognize new instances of a particular object.

A simple matrix formula is given for the observed information matrix when the EM algorithm is applied to categorical data with missing values. The formula requires only the design matrices, a matrix ...