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 ...

In algorithms, as in life, negativity can be a drag. Consider the problem of finding the shortest path between two points on a graph — a network of nodes connected by links, or edges. Often, these ...

We consider the specialization of the primal simplex algorithm to the problem of finding a tree of directed shortest paths from a given node to all other nodes in a network of n nodes or finding a ...

The computation of point-to-point shortest paths on time-dependent transportation networks has many practical applications. Finding the shortest path on transportation networks, taking into account ...

The problem of Micromouse i.e. A Maze Solving Robot is about 32 years old but its importance in the field of Robotics is unparalleled because it requires thorough analysis and paper work. Before it is ...