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On a cloudless morning last May, a pilot took off from the Niagara Falls International Airport, heading for restricted military airspace over Lake Ontario. The plane, which bore the insignia of the ...

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Neural networks are computing systems designed to mimic both the structure and function of the human brain. Caltech ...

A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study proposes a relatively simple computational model of organizational evolution based on the genetic algorithm. The model includes ...

The open-pit mining problem is to determine the contours of a mine, based on economic data and engineering feasibility requirements, to yield maximum possible net income. This practical problem needs ...

Bruno Mars has had a quiet but successful year. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images, John Esparza/Getty Images) An emotional Lady Gaga ...