Abstract: Multi-agent path finding (MAPF) problem in warehouse automation consists of optimal task assignment and path planning, where small runtime is necessary. In this letter, we present a new MAPF ...

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Pew Research Center’s 2026 political typology divides the public into nine groups. The assignment of individuals to one of ...

Penn Engineers have developed an open-source algorithm that combines the speed of AI with the precision of geometry to ...

A new quantum-inspired algorithm has cracked a problem so massive that conventional supercomputers struggle to even approach it. Researchers used the method to simulate extraordinarily complex quantum ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

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 ...

Right now, quantum computers are small and error-prone compared to where they’ll likely be in a few years. Even within those limitations, however, there have been regular claims that the hardware can ...