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Abstract: This paper investigates a dynamic slab design problem in the steel industry, where order demands arrive dynamically during a given period. Slabs are the raw materials for producing order ...

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The objective of the 3D-SCALO problem is to assign the given components to optimal mounting surfaces and position them at the best locations, while satisfying the requirements for (1) heat dissipation ...

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Kaleem Aftab has stepped down as Director of International Programming at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival. The film writer, critic, programmer and moderator has been part of the ...

Many important practical computations, such as scheduling, combinatorial, and optimization problems, use techniques known as integer programming to find the best combination of many variables. In ...

Euler Method: The simplest numerical method for solving ODEs, which uses the derivative to project forward. [ y_{n+1} = y_n + h \cdot f(x_n, y_n) ] Heun's Method (Improved Euler Method): A two-step ...

A method isInFloatingPointFormat to assert that a BigDecimal has been specified in floating point syntax using a decimal dot or the exponential "e". A complementary method isInIntegerFormat asserting ...

Abstract: Integer programming with block structures has received considerable attention recently and is widely used in many practical applications such as train timetabling and vehicle routing ...