Researchers have developed a new algorithmic model that can improve predictions of cooling demand for greener buildings. This ...

Description: Survey of computational tools for solving constrained and unconstrained nonlinear optimization problems. Emphasis on algorithmic strategies and characteristic structures of nonlinear ...

Building a chemical plant. Developing an airline route. Modeling the shapes of proteins. Each of these actions requires optimization algorithms – the combination of math and theory translated into ...

The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences is a leader in the science of decision-making in complex environments through innovation in algorithms, computation, and mathematical ...

Sometimes, it’s easy for a computer to predict the future. Simple phenomena, such as how sap flows down a tree trunk, are straightforward and can be captured in a few lines of code using what ...