The story
It was developed by Willard V. Quine and extended by Edward J. McCluskey.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quine-McCluskey algorithm
Today it means: A method for minimization of Boolean functions, functionally identical to Karnaugh mapping, but having a tabular form that is more efficient in computer algorithms. It is based on finding prime implicants. Full definition →