Abstract: A new transitive closure algorithm is presented for implication graphs that contain partial implications. In the presence of partial implications, a vertex can assume the true state when all ...

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 ...

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 the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

Data security involves implementing strategies to safeguard digital information against unauthorized disclosure and modification across computing and communication infrastructures. Given the ...

Iran's parliament approved a measure June 22 endorsing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil transportation route, following U.S. airstrikes in Iran. Around 20% of the world's oil and gas ...

The retail landscape in the United States is undergoing a dramatic transformation. In 2025 alone, over 15,000 brick-and-mortar stores are expected to close nationwide—a figure that doubles the total ...

ABSTRACT: The excessive computational burden encountered in power market analysis has necessitated the need for obtaining reduced equivalent networks that preserve flows along certain selected lines ...

There are 432 rural hospitals vulnerable to closure, according to a Feb. 11 report from Chartis, a healthcare advisory services firm. Chartis analyzed 15 vulnerability indicators and found that 10 ...

This article introduces a model-based design, implementation, deployment, and execution methodology, with tools supporting the systematic composition of algorithms from generic and domain-specific ...