Abstract: Recent neural network models, particularly those based on reinforcement learning (RL) and supervised learning, have shown great success in solving various combinatorial problems such as the ...

A US oil blockade is causing a severe energy crisis in Cuba, as the government has been forced to ration fuel and cut electricity for many hours a day, paralysing life in the communist-ruled island ...

The iPad today is truly incredible at mobile computing, thanks to its hardware blended with the simple iPadOS interface. However, just because it's a reliable device doesn't mean it's immune to ...

In a festival of sport not lacking exhilarating and breakneck events, speed skating is one of the most exciting and enjoyable to watch at the Winter Olympics. And to make sure you catch all of the ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

Abstract: The algorithms and software tools for solving large-scale NP-hard MILP (mixed-integer linear programming) problems are analyzed, specifically focusing on the modeling of electric power ...