Understanding problems tougher than solving them, mobile game experiment shows

Physicist Albert Einstein famously posited that if he only had an hour to crack a daunting problem, he'd devote 55 minutes to ...
IEEE

A Hybrid Method Based on Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning and Integer Programming for Dynamic Slab Design Problems in Steel Industry

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 ...
IEEE

Robust Resilience Blocks Detection Problem in Dynamic Social Networks

Abstract: Finding a stable community in dynamically developing networks is crucial. In this study, we introduce an innovative concept of resilience, originally rooted in infrastructure networks, and ...
The Conversation

Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won’t solve America’s wildfire problem

Courtney Schultz received funding from the US Forest Service, Joint Fire Science Program, and National Science Foundation for her research on US forest policy Forrest Fleischman received funding from ...
Manistee News

Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won’t solve America’s wildfire problem

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) In other words, more fire is coming, more often. As U.S. forests burn, Congress and ...
Phys.org

Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won't solve America's wildfire problem

The western United States is facing another destructive wildfire season, with more acres burned in Colorado alone in 2025 than in the past four years combined. If global warming continues on its ...