The researchers also considered an extension of the STSP that includes time windows for simultaneous pickups and deliveries, creating a more realistic and challenging problem. The core method involves ...

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In the fast-evolving fields of artificial intelligence, operations research, and computational intelligence, metaheuristics ...

It’s been difficult to find important questions that quantum computers can answer faster than classical machines, but a new algorithm appears to do so for some critical optimization tasks.

Mathematical perfection in optimization is only as justified as the OF calculation is complete and true. The user needs to choose the optimizer, and the application characteristics should drive the ...