Turing Award winner Tony Hoare, computing pioneer who invented Quicksort, dies at the age of 92

An obituary of Tony Hoare, a pioneer and one of the greatest programmers in the early history of computing.
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Quicksort inventor Tony Hoare reaches the base case at 92

Classicist, philosopher, wit, and one of the greatest British computer scientists of all time Obit Professor Charles Anthony Richard Hoare has died at the age of 92. Known to many computer science ...
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The Cost of Randomness in Evolutionary Algorithms: Crossover Can Save Random Bits

Abstract: Evolutionary algorithms make countless random decisions during selection, mutation, and crossover operations. These random decisions require a steady stream of random numbers. We analyze the ...
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The Role of Random Walk-Based Techniques in Enhancing Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms—A Systematic and Comprehensive Review

Abstract: Metaheuristic algorithms (MHAs) occupy considerable attention among researchers because of their high performance and robustness in optimizing several engineering problems. Random walk (RW) ...