BOZEMAN, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Analytics software leader FICO today announced the release of a true global mathematical optimization solver as part of FICO ® Xpress 9.2 Optimization. The global ...

The Difference of Convex functions Algorithm (DCA) is used to solve nonconvex optimization problems over a certain convex set, specifically quadratic programming ones, generally by finding approximate ...

Conventional quantum algorithms are not feasible for solving combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) with constraints in the operation time of quantum computers. To address this issue, researchers ...

Quantum computing has entered a bit of an awkward period. There have been clear demonstrations that we can successfully run quantum algorithms, but the qubit counts ...

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. – A small Microsoft Research team had lofty goals when it set out four years ago to create an analog optical computer that would use light as a medium for solving complex problems.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to identifying a ...