Nature

Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems

Combinatorial optimisation problems arise in many fields, from logistics and network design to machine learning and bioinformatics. Most classical formulations are NP-hard, rendering exact ...
Nature

Approximation Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem

The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a prototypical NP-hard combinatorial optimisation challenge: given a set of locations and pairwise distances satisfying the triangle inequality, find the ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

COMP_SCI 437: Approximation Algorithms

This course studies approximation algorithms – algorithms that are used for solving hard optimization problems. Such algorithms find approximate (slightly suboptimal) solutions to optimization ...
Hackaday

Going On A Tangent With The Intel 8087’s Hybrid CORDIC Algorithm

Continuing their reverse-engineering of Intel’s 8087 FPU, [Ken Shirriff] and friends took a look at one of the trigonometric ...
US Geological Survey

Workflow to apply the Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection algorithm to compare streamflow dynamics in hydrologic catchments version 1.0.0

Title Workflow to apply the Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection algorithm to compare streamflow dynamics in hydrologic catchments version 1.0.0 ...