IEEE

Genetic Algorithms for a Scheduling Problem of Parcel Delivery and Pickup by Drones

Abstract: Recent studies have been conducted actively on scheduling in a parcel delivery system using a truck and drones to deliver parcels more effectively. In logistics, it is necessary to provide ...
IEEE

PSO-Augmented NSGA-III Algorithm: A Combined Optimization Approach to Heterogeneous Vehicle Routing and Bin Packing Problems

Abstract: This study presents an Integrated Particle Swarm Optimization and Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm III (IPSO-NSGA-III) to address the combined optimization challenges in logistics ...
Teesside Gazette

Algorithm 'problem' blocked top-priority 999 response to Middlesbrough-born man, inquest hears

A computer algorithm used by ambulance service call handlers to triage cases "could not" have classified a Middlesbrough-born man's case as the highest priority, an inquest has heard. The Pathways ...
NPR

Bumblebees have tiny brains but they can solve problems like chimps and elephants

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...
SciELO

A BIASED RANDOM-KEY GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR THE 2D STRIP PACKING PROBLEM WITH ORDER AND STABILITY CONSTRAINTS

This paper deals with the two-dimensional strip packing problem (2D-SPP) with the order/or multi-drop and vertical stability constraints. The existing exact algorithm that solves this problem is not ...