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Abstract: Meta-heuristic algorithms, especially evolutionary algorithms, have been frequently used to find near optimal solutions to combinatorial optimization problems. The evaluation of such ...

A light-rail passenger boarded a Blue Line train full of fans leaving the Minnesota Twins’ Pride Day game one Saturday afternoon in June. Within a few stops of Target Field, the passenger messaged ...

Whether by design or by quiet submission to a rapidly-evolving digital landscape, the world’s largest social media companies have allowed their platforms to become factories of division, ...

Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...

Executive coaching is incredibly valuable to leaders, but it can be hard to access at the moment they need it the most. Take a client of mine, “Simon,” a capable and newly promoted executive in a ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and solve the long-standing polaron problem, unlocking deeper understanding of ...

If you receive a text purporting to come from Oregon Driver & Motor Vehicle Services telling you to “pay now,” don’t respond or click any links, DMV officials warned. These fraudulent texts have ...

John Peterson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The FBI is warning millions of Americans to be wary of an innocuous-seeming text message that’s making the rounds — and to delete it immediately if they get it. (Surprise! It’s a scam.) Americans have ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Clay County Sheriff’s Office is reporting problems with its text-to-911 system Monday afternoon. “We are currently experiencing some issues with text-to-911 on certain phone ...

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 ...