This repository provides a solution to the standard Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (CVRPTW). In a CVRPTW, we aim to optimize the routes of a fleet of vehicles serving customers ...

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From climate change and COVID-19 to violent crime and the national budget deficit: why are Americans increasingly divided over which issues deserve attention? And how do these divisions emerge even ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. There is a need for design strategies that can support rapid and widespread deployment ...

Imagine this: Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, steps onto the starting block. His coach, Bob Bowman, leans in to whisper final words of advice. But instead of listening, Phelps ...

Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) is essential for modeling complex decision-making problems but faces challenges in computational tractability and requires expert formulation. Current deep ...