Alexandru Tomescu noticed that algorithms that assemble genetic data are also suited to creating hiking maps. While developing the Hikepack application, Tomescu also learned about the challenges of ...

Optimization seeks to find the best. It could be to design a process that minimizes capital or maximizes material conversion, to choose operating conditions that maximize throughput or minimize waste, ...

Using Big Data for Good Requires Testing, Transparency, Precision, and Due Diligence Big data can help drive decisions in almost every aspect of our lives—from the way financial products are ...

The "branch-and-bound" algorithm for the exact solution of a three-machine scheduling problem proposed by Lomnicki has been generalized to the case of an arbitrary number of machines (under the ...