In addition to Walmart, the suit names Sam’s Club, Albertsons, 7-Eleven, Circle K, BP, Marathon Petroleum and EG America. The ...

Combinatorial optimization problems are often encountered in real-world applications, including logistics, scheduling and ...

On Wednesday, Jelani Nelson, a professor of theoretical computer science and chair of UC Berkeley's electrical engineering and computer science division, announced he was taking a leave of absence to ...

It’s hard to ignore the seismic shifts brought about by algorithm-driven content. Every time you scroll through your social media feed or check your favorite news app, algorithms are diligently at ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Determining the least expensive path for a new subway line underneath a metropolis like New York City is a colossal planning challenge—involving thousands of potential routes through hundreds of city ...

Abstract: In this article, we propose a novel online learning algorithm based on weighted policy iteration (WPI) for addressing optimal control problems of nonlinear systems. WPI is proposed to deal ...

Abstract: This article proposes a distributed safety-critical optimal flocking control algorithm for the multiagent system. In general, safety (i.e., collision avoidance) could be guaranteed by the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you’ve been making the same commute for a long time, you’ve probably settled on what seems like the best route. But “best” is a ...