IEEE

Airplane Seating Assignment Greedy Algorithms That Separate Passengers Likely to Be Susceptible to Infectious Disease From Those Likely to Be Infectious

Abstract: Although the COVID-19 pandemic has mostly ended, there may be future situations (e.g. future pandemics) in which infectious disease spread on airplanes should be minimized. The COVID-19 ...
IEEE

Heuristic Algorithms for the Heterogeneous Vehicle Routing Problem With Time Windows, Customers Priority, Pickup and Delivery

Abstract: Driven by an unprecedented surge in freight transportation and city logistics, this paper tackles a practical variant of the famous Vehicle Routing Problem that jointly accounts for the ...
TechCrunch

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...
New Scientist

We’ve finally cracked how to make truly random numbers

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...