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What is Nested Computer Algorithm, Nested Algorithm

Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
a computational tool which considers a hierarchy of calculations such that the computation begins with the lowest level in the hierarchy, and following certain logic and decision rules, uses its output systematically to move up sequentially through the levels of the hierarchy until a final output is reached whereupon it is the either the sought final answer or input to another calculation outside of the hierarchy.
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Medical Diagnosis: A ‘Garbage Can' Perspective
Robert Leslie Fisher (Independent Scholar, USA) and Joel L. Fisher (Independent Scholar, USA)
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch139
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