Algorithms and flowcharts are two tools a software developer uses when creating new programs. An algorithm is a step-by-step recipe for processing data; it could be a process an online store uses ...

Detailed flow charts coupled with quality, descriptive text and a bit of code or pseudo-code are useful not only when means-plus-function claims are at issue, but also when they are not employed.

Machine-learning algorithms are responsible for the vast majority of the artificial intelligence advancements and applications you hear about. (For more background, check out our first flowchart ...

David Edwards, Steffen L. Lauritzen, The TM Algorithm for Maximising a Conditional Likelihood Function, Biometrika, Vol. 88, No. 4 (Dec., 2001), pp. 961-972 ...