Researchers have developed a new, data-driven machine-learning technique that speeds up software programs used to solve complex optimization problems that can have millions of potential solutions.

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In the Rawl Engineering Practice Facility at the University of Oklahoma, they serve all kinds. And on the south side of the building is where petroleum engineers practice putting large drills into the ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA — While Santa Claus may have a magical sleigh and nine plucky reindeer to help him deliver presents, for companies like FedEx, the optimization problem of efficiently routing holiday ...