Nigel Horspool

Summary

Nigel Horspool is a human^[1]. He worked as a computer scientist^[2] and engineer^[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).^[4]

Key Facts

• Nigel Horspool held citizenship in Canada^[5].
• Nigel Horspool's professions included computer scientist^[2].
• Nigel Horspool worked as an engineer^[3].
• Nigel Horspool is recorded as male^[6].
• Nigel Horspool's instance of is recorded as human^[7].
• Nigel Horspool's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02rfyrv^[8].
• Nigel Horspool's family name is recorded as Horspool^[9].
• Nigel Horspool's given name is recorded as Nigel^[10].
• Nigel Horspool's DBLP author ID is recorded as h/RNigelHorspool^[11].
• Nigel Horspool's openMLOL author ID is recorded as 308172^[12].

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Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist^[2] and engineer^[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Nigel Horspool include Boyer–Moore–Horspool algorithm^[13], an exact string-matching algorithm^[14].

Why It Matters

Nigel Horspool ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).^[4]

He is credited with the discovery of Dynamic Markov compression^[15]. Entities named for him include Boyer–Moore–Horspool algorithm^[13], an exact string-matching algorithm^[14].

FAQs

What did Nigel Horspool do for work?

Nigel Horspool worked as computer scientist^[2] and engineer^[3].

What did Nigel Horspool discover?

Nigel Horspool is credited as discoverer of Dynamic Markov compression^[15].