Fisher-Yates shuffle

noun

Etymology

Named after Ronald Fisher and Frank Yates.

Definitions

  1. A particular algorithm for generating an unbiased random permutation of a set. It selects…

    A particular algorithm for generating an unbiased random permutation of a set. It selects elements randomly from the initial set until none remain.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Fisher-Yates shuffle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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