Operations research and optimization

Innovations in digital, interactive learning resources are increasingly being produced for online learning or e-learning. One area that is growing as a result of the increase in learning resources is computer-based simulations. Interactive computer simulations and simulators for education can offer similar traditional hands-on opportunities for learners to engage in learning activities. However, less is

Last-mile carriers increasingly incorporate electric vehicles (EVs) into their delivery fleet to achieve sustainability goals. This goal presents many challenges across multiple planning spaces includ-ing but not limited to how to plan EV routes. In this paper, we address the problem of predicting energy consumption of EVs for Last-Mile delivery routes using deep learning. We demonstrate the need to move

Organizations today are integrating technologies such as cloud computing, and digital twin in their manufacturing and logistical processes. In a capital-intensive logistics industry, Discrete event simulation (DES) plays a crucial role in distribution center design, automation system performance analysis, optimization and operational planning. Developing and deploying DES models demands proficiency in various

Loudspeaker array beamforming is a common sig-nal processing technique for acoustic directivity control and robust audio reproduction. Unlike their microphone counterpart, loudspeaker constraints are often heterogeneous due to arrayed transducers with varying operating ranges in frequency, acoustic-electrical sensitivity, efficiency, and directivity. This work pro-poses a frequency-regularization method

The peptide-protein docking problem is an important problem in structural biology that facilitates rational and efficient drug design. In this work, we explore modeling and solving this problem with the quantum-amenable quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) formalism. Our work extends recent efforts by incorporating the objectives and constraints associated with peptide cyclization and peptide-protein