Imagine a very complex problem—supply chain optimization, for example—in which a computer generates millions of trial solutions completely at random and then ...

We imagine algorithms as computational formulas with standard and stable rules. They are, but in relation to the processors that process them. If the processors, architectures and operation of ...

From ancient bartering to lightning-fast market algorithms, this documentary traces the evolution of the systems powering the global economy. It begins with early face-to-face exchanges, where goods ...