There are two main approaches to problem-solving: vertical thinking and horizontal thinking. Let's look at case studies to understand the benefits of these approaches.

Algorithms are developed for solving problems to minimize the length of production schedules. The algorithms generate any one, or all, schedule (s) of a particular subset of all possible schedules, ...

It’s designed to tap the collecting problem-solving skills of thousands of people, by reframing scientific problems in a way that even a complete novice can tackle.

We consider the optimal stopping problem for g (Zn), where Zn, n = 1,2,..., is a homogeneous Markov sequence. An algorithm, called forward improvement iteration, is presented by which an optimal ...

This technique is used to supply new information or to help re-interpret existing information about the resources involved in a problem-solving effort by systematically breaking down the resource ...

The new algorithm is “absurdly fast,” said Daniel Spielman of Yale University. “I was actually inclined to believe … algorithms this good for this problem would not exist.” Maximum flow has been ...

The authors developed an algorithm that electric flying taxi companies can use to schedule passengers in the same way that ground transportation taxi firms do.