Bin packing problems are a class of NP-hard combinatorial optimisation challenges with wide-ranging applications in logistics, manufacturing, cloud computing and scheduling. The fundamental task is to ...

struct S { int a; int b; bool c; bool d; int e; int f; bool g; bool h; } public static int[] encode(S value) { ... encode the value into an int[] ... } public static S decode(int[] encoded) { // ...

Researchers from Mentor Graphics Corp. are proposing a more complete way to test multiple cores on a system-on-chip. At the International Test Conference, Mentor presented a paper that defines SoC ...

Nutella’s manufacturer Ferrero partnered with its advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather Italia to devise a plan to get people to buy more Nutella. Their idea? Have an algorithm design the packaging. The ...