_:b6503433 "It\u2019s a computer \u2013 an algorithm \u2013 and if you\u2019ve been in Iran lately, they take you out of the system."@en . "1" . _:b6503431 "Informally, an algorithm is any well-defined computational procedure that takes some value, or set of values, as input and produces some value, or set of values, as output. An algorithm is thus a sequence of computational steps that transform the input into the output."@en . _:b6503430 . _:b6503431 . . _:b6503431 "1990, Cormen, Leiserson, and Rivest, Introduction to Algorithms: page 1. Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 1999 (23rd printing)"@en . _:b6503433 "2018 June 25, Sam Jones, \u201CEx-Nato chief refused visa waiver to US because of Iran trips\u201D, in The Guardian:"@en . _:b6503432 "2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, \u201CHow algorithms rule the world\u201D, in The Guardian Weekly\u200E[1], volume 189, number 7, page 26:"@en . _:b6503432 "The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them \u2013 and who, if anyone, is policing their use."@en . _:b6503432 . _:b6503433 . _:b6503430 "(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps."@en .