The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 55, No. 12 (Dec., 2004), pp. 1275-1280 (6 pages) The fixed-charge problem is a non-linear programming problem of practical interest in business ...

Here's a simple algorithm that uses conventional microcontroller blocks to control commercially available H-bridges to properly commutate a bipolar stepper motor through a microstepping profile.

“To me, an algorithm is any piece of automated code that accepts some number of variables and data, [then] uses those variables and data to make decisions. But that’s the boring computer science ...