Shortest path algorithms sit at the heart of modern graph theory and many of the systems that move people, data, and goods around the world. After nearly seventy years of relying on the same classic ...

Abstract: Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) focuses on navigating agents along cost-efficient and conflict-free paths. This letter investigates a challenging and practical MAPF variant, namely Robust ...

More than 70% of projects are unsuccessful. If you’ve ever seen bad planning send a team flying off the rails, that might not come as a shock. But this might surprise you: the issue often comes down ...

Fueled by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, various AI embodiments, such as autonomous vehicles, robotic manipulators, and humanoid robots, have made significant advances yet remain far from ...

TL;DR: Although often labeled a "dark web" associated with criminal activity and illicit marketplaces, Tor is an invaluable tool for protecting online privacy. Developers are now working to make the ...

Maria Ressa has a chilling way of describing the world we now live in. She argues that an “invisible atom bomb” has exploded in our information ecosystem, that technology platforms have infected us ...

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

Researchers at the University of Kent, UK, introduced LiteRBS (Lightweight and Rapid Bidirectional Search), a novel grid-based pathfinding algorithm designed for efficient and scalable navigation in ...

The project aimed to develop a full stack of technologies to bring the practical advantages of quantum computing to industry in the near term Quantum computing is one of the frontiers of research and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

More than 800 U.S. TikTok users shared their data with The Washington Post. We used it to find out why some people become power users, spending hours per day scrolling. Each circle in the chart ...