Cutting path optimization is central to advancing industrial manufacturing processes, encompassing a range of applications from laser cutting and CNC machining to additive manufacturing. This field ...

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 ...

The constrained two-dimensional cutting (C_TDC) problem consists of determining a cutting pattern of a set of n small rectangular piece types on a rectangular stock plate S with length L and width W, ...

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 ...

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

In recent years, the Massively Parallel Computation (MPC) model has gained significant attention. However, most of distributed and parallel graph algorithms in the MPC model are designed for static ...

RTL Synthesis is the first step that collates IPs, parameters, PRAGMAS, and various collaterals like LEF and design libraries. It works path by path, targeting the worst timing paths first: basically, ...