Algorithm and Presumption

noun

• A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem.
  • synonyms: algorithmic rule, algorithmic program

• (n.) The art of calculating by nine figures and zero.
• (n.) The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.

Algorithm is a complex mathematical model. In credit scoring, it is used to compare data in millions of credit reports and predict a person's likelihood to repay debts.

noun

• An assumption that is taken for granted.
  • synonyms: given, precondition
• Law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed. (
• Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to.
  • usage: "he despised them for their presumptuousness"
  • synonyms: presumptuousness, effrontery, assumption
• A kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming.
  • usage: "his presumption was intolerable"

• (n.) Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place.
• (n.) The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect or courtesy; forward, overconfident or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery.
• (n.) The act of presuming or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.
• (n.) That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive.