Abstract: The Vehicle Routing Problem with Multiple Soft Time Windows (VRPMSTW) is a challenging combinatorial optimization problem where a fleet of vehicles must deliver goods to a set of customers, ...

Supercomputers are powerful machines designed for complex problem-solving, using parallel computing with thousands of ...

Abstract: With the rapid development of the economy, the increasingly diversified and personalized needs of consumers, the timeliness of logistics distribution has attracted more and more attention of ...

For a minister, some might say Sébastien Lecornu has had an easy gig inside French President Emmanuel Macron’s government. As France’s defense minister since 2022, he’s enjoyed a booming budget, tens ...

Math equations used to be a daily chore for many elementary schoolers. But entering adulthood means those less mathematically inclined often never have to think about them ever again. And it appears ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Hard problems are usually not a welcome sight. But cryptographers love them. That’s because certain hard math problems underpin the ...

Microsoft researchers in Cambridge have unveiled its latest iteration of an Analog Optical Computer (AOC) and have inevitably incorporated AI into the technology's capabilities. The AOC harnesses ...

Upon first look, virtual fence technology like Sensehub Vence has immense value to ranchers in terms of grazing management. However, that’s only the surface of how this technology is creating a better ...

B.C. tomatoes for Saskatchewan lentils? It’s a trade. The two agencies have exchanged about 40 tonnes of surplus food, sharing their provincial bounty with neighbours to try to get food into the hands ...

Republican Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign for governor launched its first TV ad of the election this week, speaking directly to the camera from inside a diner. JACK CIATTARELLI: We all know it—New Jersey ...

The Connecticut Department of Transportation recently said it has two potential plans to replace the “Mixmaster” interchange in Waterbury, an area that has been a source of frustration for decades due ...