Scientific American

Mathematicians still don’t know the fastest way to multiply numbers

This requires an algorithm: students are taught to stack one number atop another and multiply each digit of the bottom number ...
New Scientist

The sneaky maths trick for solving problems without answering them

How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – ...
IEEE

On the Use of the Nelder-Mead Simplex Method in Control Design and Systems Theory

Abstract: The Nelder-Mead simplex method is a well-known algorithm enabling the minimization of functions that are not available in closed-form and that need not be differentiable or convex.
IEEE

Using Parallel Branch-and-Bound Method to Accelerate Solving Mixed Integer Linear Programming

Abstract: The Branch-and-Bound(B&B) algorithm is an effective method for solving the Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) problem. Its performance significantly impacts the overall performance of ...