Abstract: The distributed no-idle permutation flowshop scheduling problem (DNIPFSP) has widely existed in various manufacturing systems. The makespan and total tardiness are optimized simultaneously ...

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

Abstract: Deterministic processing time are no longer applicable under realistic circumstances because of the uncertainties involved in manufacturing and production processes. The present study aims ...

As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...

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 ...

Greedy people often take more than they need and don’t have much sympathy for the people they take from. There are several reasons for this, but one in particular is that greedy people will never ...

Last year, fashion publications wrote extensively about the impact of the algorithm on personal style. (Vogue Business included.) In last year’s fashion conversation, ‘the algorithm’ surpassed its ...

An African penguin who left many offspring in his long life, he belonged to the largest colony of the aquatic bird species in North America, according to the zoo. By Hank Sanders The popular African ...

A sleepy East Coast community is easily corrupted by a handful of eccentric characters (including the likes of Traci Lords and Simon Rex) when an unclaimed bag of cash is found at a murder scene. This ...

This story of small-town idiots who turn violent when they fall into large sums of cash has been told many times before, but Potsy Ponciroli's twisty film still makes for an entertaining late August ...

Himesh Patel, Lily James, Tim Blake Nelson and Uzo Aduba also star in the twisty tale about the violent goings-on in a small island town, from director Potsy Ponciroli. By Frank Scheck “Don’t kill ...