A team of researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and the University of Turin, investigating how fast a fluid filled with particles mixes with a particle-free one, has ...

A Java implementation of the branch and bound algorithm for the 0/1 knapsack problem. The code uses Lagrangian relaxation to prune the search tree. It uses best first search. The Lagrangian ...

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Drop in at a library, and you’ll likely notice that most shelves aren’t full—librarians leave some empty space on each shelf. That way, when they get new books, they can slot them into place without ...

Submodular maximization is a significant area of interest in combinatorial optimization, with numerous real-world applications. A research team led by Xiaoming SUN from the State Key Lab of Processors ...

Abstract: The knapsack problem is a classic NP-hard optimization challenge with wide-ranging applications in computer science, such as resource allocation. While several variants have been developed, ...

Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 have been hampered by a limited supply of freshwater. So, when the winds are calm enough, skilled ...