The Algorithm's Three Requirements
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An algorithm bound for a computer must be unambiguous, deterministic — same inputs, same outputs — and affordable in time and storage for the problem's needs.
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A dosing protocol that reads two ways, varies by nurse, or takes a century to compute fails the test.
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Finite and precise is not yet affordable.
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