What class of problems does it solve? You have an optimization problem: maximize or minimize some objective subject to constraints. The brute-force approach — try all combinations — is exponential.

Abstract: This study addresses a variant of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) with customer priorities. In the variant, we assume the hard priority constraint where customers should be served in a ...

Abstract: The energy storage self-scheduling (ESSS) problem is typically formulated as a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) or quadratically constrained programming (QCP) model, reflecting the ...

On a Thursday evening in September, I excused myself from the family dinner table and slipped into my bedroom. I didn’t want ...