Using this approach, it is possible to assess the structure of natural forests across the world more quickly, and produce more accurate biomass estimates.

How bees, beer cans and big data all solve the same problem: not enough space. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an ...

The Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, cloud, and consumer-based technologies are changing how companies drive more value and new revenue opportunities. No industry, segment, or market is immune ...

We show that some of the best heuristics developed for the classical bin packing problem can perform poorly under the general cost structure. On the other hand, the so-called next-fit increasing ...