Reviewer assignment algorithms and systems have emerged as critical tools in modern academic publishing and research evaluation, ensuring that submitted manuscripts are matched with expert reviewers ...

A separable assignment problem (SAP) is defined by a set of bins and a set of items to pack in each bin; a value, f, for assigning item j to bin i; and a separate packing constraint for each bin—i.e., ...

An example of the quadratic assignment problem (QAP) is the facility location problem, in which n facilities are assigned, at minimum cost, to n sites. Between each pair of facilities, there is a ...

Yuting Zhang ( [email protected]) is an associate professor of health economics and director of the Pharmaceutical Economics Research Group, both in the Department of Health Policy and Management, at ...

A blockchain consensus method optimized for Internet of Things. Proof-of-assignment (PoA) enables IoT devices to perform "micro mining." For example, the IOTW blockchain uses PoA to perform this ...