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Self-Reinforcing Governance: Dynamics of Algorithm Design and Software Workflows Research on the Present and Future Effects
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As with any algorithm or flow of software a lot of consideration has to be put in place to avoid problems during development and management, which is desired in the long run. This, however, is not limited to good institutions alone as even the best developers bite such bait when their assumptions or analysis is incomplete or wrong, creating problems affecting the whole software environment. The next sections of this article will address some of the analysis issues that are frequently encountered in algorithm formulation and in the design of software, their effects with regard to the now and later perspective of the project.
1. Ignoring Edge Cases.
One of the most common errors that one makes when designing an algorithm is considering edge cases. Edge cases are defined as events that happen at the very limits of the ranges of interest and are typically infrequent or unusual. Such cases are often ignored by developers and the result is that the algorithm may handle most of the cases as expected but may crash terribly on an uncommon case.