You may have heard the news that two American economists – Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson – recently won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of ...

Dynamic optimization and optimal control problems form the backbone of numerous applications in engineering, economics and the natural sciences. These methodologies involve determining a time-varying ...

Scientists have demonstrated a breakthrough application of neutral-atom quantum processors to solve problems of practical use. A collaboration between Harvard University with scientists at QuEra ...

Optimization problems can be tricky, but they make the world work better. These kinds of questions, which strive for the best way of doing something, are absolutely everywhere. Your phone’s GPS ...

Algorithms that zero in on solutions to optimization problems are the beating heart of machine reasoning. New results reveal surprising limits. Our lives are a succession of optimization problems.