<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the first part of our article we will refer the penetration of scientific terms into colloquial language, focusing on the sense in which the concept of an algorithm currently functions outside its original scope. The given examples will refer mostly to disciplines not directly related to computer science and to the colloquial language. In the next part we will also discuss the modifications made to the meaning of the term algorithm and how this concept is now understood in computer science. Finally, we will discuss the problem of algorithmicity of evolutionary algorithms, i.e. we will try to answer the question whether – and to what extent – they are still algorithms in the classical sense.</p></abstract>

In the first part of our article we will refer the penetration of scientific terms into colloquial language, focusing on the sense in which the concept of an algorithm currently functions outside its original scope. The given examples will refer mostly to disciplines not directly related to computer science and to the colloquial language. In the next part we will also discuss the modifications made to the meaning of the term algorithm and how this concept is now understood in computer science. Finally, we will discuss the problem of algorithmicity of evolutionary algorithms, i.e. we will try to answer the question whether – and to what extent – they are still algorithms in the classical sense.

Algorithmicity of Evolutionary Algorithms

Department of the Philosophy of Science and Technology

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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In the first part of our article we will refer the penetration of scientific terms into colloquial language, focusing on the sense in which the concept of an...

Algorithmicity of Evolutionary Algorithms

Published Online: Nov 04, 2020

Page range: 87 - 100

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2020-0029

Keywords
algorithm, algorithmicity, evolutionary algorithms, scientific term, philosophy of informatics

© 2020 Sławomir Leciejewski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Algorithmicity of Evolutionary Algorithms

Published Online: Nov 04, 2020

Page range: 87 - 100

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2020-0029

Keywordsalgorithm, algorithmicity, evolutionary algorithms, scientific term, philosophy of informatics

© 2020 Sławomir Leciejewski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
algorithm, algorithmicity, evolutionary algorithms, scientific term, philosophy of informatics