Entries tagged with “algorithms” from The Manhattan College Engineer

During the second half of the last century, the development of computers and computer simulation has given way to many advances in our society.  Many fields such as medicine have been using computers to database patients and to simulate research objectives.  Throughout the past centuries, our understanding of the human anatomy and medicine has been increasing at exponential rates, from the development of the pace maker to the mapping of the human genome. 

The combination of computer programming and biological research is a fast growing division of universities nationwide and professionals around the globe.  These researchers are using algorithms to simulate everything from the splitting of bacterium to the growth habits of viruses.  An algorithm is a routine that can be written in any necessary computer programming language that accomplishes the required task at hand.