the system was in fact a medical algorithm, which is functionally different. It was more akin to a very simple formula or decision tree designed by a human committee. This disconnect highlights a ...

A band of clinicians and chronic pain advocates are pushing regulators to scrutinize a controversial risk rating tool.

Organizations are increasingly favoring algorithms in an effort ... remain wary of rule-based decision making, and the interaction between formulas and expert judgement remains a gray area.

An innovative algorithm called Spectral Expansion Tree Search helps autonomous robotic systems make optimal choices on the move. In 2018, Google DeepMind's AlphaZero program taught itself the ...