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Science 3 January 1997:
Vol. 275. no. 5296, pp. 33 - 0
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5296.33
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Research News

Charles Seife

Solving certain problems in computer science is a gamble: There's no way to know in advance how long an algorithm will take to yield an answer. In this issue (see page 51), a group of researchers presents a technique for bettering the odds by imitating Wall Street: splitting the computer's investment among a "portfolio" of different programs in the hope that one of them will get lucky.

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