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Abstract: This research work introduces a clustering-based in-place sorting algorithm, cluster sort. It is designed in such a way that it improves sorting efficiency by using data locality. It works ...
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War by algorithm

There is a moment in the long, unglamorous history of weapons development when a technology stops being a tool and starts being a doctrine. The machine gun began as a curiosity, then became a tactical ...
As artificial intelligence increasingly seeps into public life, the question of if – and how – governments should incorporate this technology into their daily operations looms large over Michigan.