A group of computer gamers are making habit of outshining scientists at their own game. Most of them have no scientific background, but they have a track record of cracking tough scientific puzzles, ...

Researchers have developed an algorithm that enhances the ability of a quantum computer to more efficiently find the best solution for complicated problems. Tohoku University researchers have ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article considers the two-stage fixed-charge transportation problem which models an important transportation application in a supply ...

Learn a clear, step-by-step approach to solving coding problems—from understanding the prompt and planning an algorithm to writing clean code and testing edge cases. These practical problem-solving ...

In life, we sometimes have to make decisions without all the information we want; that’s true in computer science, too. This is the realm of online algorithms — which, despite their name, don’t ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...