When a small group of “founders” settles a new location, they carry only a subset of the larger population’s genetic diversity. As a result, their descendants often exhibit reduced genetic diversity ...

Rob Williams knows how to pitch Jeff Bezos: You write a press release as if your product has already been built. Bezos reads it and gives a thumbs up or down. Williams went through this process a lot ...

Abstract: Many distributed optimization algorithms critically depend on careful step-size tuning to ensure stability and achieve fast convergence. In this work, we address this limitation in the ...

Abstract: Recent studies have been conducted actively on scheduling in a parcel delivery system using a truck and drones to deliver parcels more effectively. In logistics, it is necessary to provide ...