A government summer camp placement lottery has been rerun after technical problems continued with its online portal, including overfilled and non-consecutive weeks. A government spokeswoman confirmed ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

OpenAI claims its new reasoning model has produced an original mathematical proof disproving a famous unsolved conjecture in geometry, which was first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946. If this sounds ...

Abstract: This work proposes a novel stochastic model predictive control (SMPC) approach based on mixed-integer quadratic programming (MIQP) for discrete-time linear time-invariant systems subject to ...

Allocation funds are not for purists. These funds blend a bunch of exposures, and those exposures might change. If you want precision, then an allocation fund is not for you. But for many investors, ...

This paper presents a novel approach to the joint optimization of job scheduling and data allocation in grid computing environments. We formulate this joint optimization problem as a mixed integer ...

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Effective task allocation has become a critical challenge for multi-robot systems operating in dynamic environments like search and rescue. Traditional methods, often based on static data and ...

State and local governments are increasingly being asked to do more with less. Aging infrastructure, shifting populations and the accelerating effects of climate change are forcing leaders to stretch ...

Abstract: In this paper, we consider the order-picking operations in which orders are picked either by humans or robots. A warehouse is configured with a manual-picking area and a robot-picking area.

Following a recipe from a trusted chef is a great way to step up your home cooking game. It provides a set of instructions and recommended ingredients, but there’s still room to add your own flair (go ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...