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What we refer to as AI recommendation optimization, simply put, involves improving the accuracy, reliability, and diversity ...

This paper is an introductory tutorial for numerical trajectory optimization with a focus on direct collocation methods. These methods are relatively simple to understand and effectively solve a wide ...

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Quantum computers of the future hold promise for solving complex problems more quickly than ordinary computers. For example, they can factor large numbers exponentially faster than classical ...

We present a perturbation theory for finite dimensional optimization problems subject to abstract constraints satisfying a second order regularity condition. This is a technical condition that is ...