Pew Research Center’s 2026 political typology divides the public into nine groups. The assignment of individuals to one of ...

The primary challenge in earthquake emergency response is the effective dispatch of large-scale rescue teams to disaster areas after an earthquake disaster occurs, especially as this often involves ...

Bio-inspired computational methods have gained popularity recently. These methods mimic the seemingly complex behavior of organisms to tackle difficult and often overwhelming problems. For example, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

In a standard paper assignment setting, a set $\mathcal{P}$ of $n^{(p)}$ papers needs to be assigned to a set $\mathcal{R}$ of $n^{(r)}$ reviewers. To ensure each ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to identifying a ...

Right now, quantum computers are small and error-prone compared to where they’ll likely be in a few years. Even within those limitations, however, there have been regular claims that the hardware can ...

The problem of order allocation belongs to a category of combinatorial optimization problems where orders are allocated to machines for production. Each order is assigned to a single machine, while ...

Abstract: The problem of determining the location of the hospital's department to minimize the total distance traveled by patients can be formulated as a Quadratic assignment problem (QAP), one of the ...

Constructive algorithms are those where you need to build or construct a solution step by step. These problems often involve creating or arranging data in a certain way to achieve a goal. These ...

The challenge of optimizing gate assignments is a complex puzzle with many moving parts. New algorithms are being developed to tackle this, leveraging advancements in AI and optimization techniques.