Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (/ˈdaɪkstrə/ DYKE-strə, Dutch: [ˈɛtsxər ˈʋibə ˈdɛikstraː] ; 11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer...

It was conceived by computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra in 1956 and published three years later. Dijkstra's algorithm finds the shortest path from a...

Dijkstra (pronounced [ˈdɛikstrɑ] or [ˈdikstrɑ]) is a Dutch family name of West Frisian origin. It most commonly refers to: Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930–2002)...

disciplines. Its use in this context originated with a 1968 letter by Edsger Dijkstra published as "Go To Statement Considered Harmful". Considered harmful...

techniques for resolving them. It was originally formulated in 1965 by Edsger Dijkstra as a student exam exercise, presented in terms of computers competing...

(RPN), or an abstract syntax tree (AST). The algorithm was invented by Edsger Dijkstra, first published in November 1961, and named the "shunting yard" algorithm...

gigantic computers, programming has become an equally gigantic problem. — Edsger Dijkstra, The Humble Programmer (EWD340), Communications of the ACM The causes...

semaphore concept was invented by Dutch computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra in 1962 or 1963, when Dijkstra and his team were developing an operating system for...

number of states in which it halts. Edsger Dijkstra further developed the nondeterministic global state approach. Dijkstra's model gave rise to a controversy...

today as "A picture is worth a thousand words." Computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra once remarked, "A picture may be worth a thousand words, a formula...