With the wide application of UAVs in modern operations, efficient cooperative task assignment of heterogeneous UAVs under complex constraints has ...

The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 48, No. 8 (Aug., 1997), pp. 804-809 (6 pages) A new algorithm for the generalised assignment problem is described in this paper. The algorithm is ...

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 ...

The logic embodied in all the nodes of a blockchain that ensures the chain's integrity. Because there is no central authority in a blockchain, the consensus mechanism ensures that at least 50% of the ...

A centralized enrollment system with a fair, transparent algorithm helps families navigate public school choice options and is more efficient for schools and districts. Few clear-cut fixes exist in ...

Bansak, Kirk, and Elisabeth Paulson. "Outcome-Driven Dynamic Refugee Assignment with Allocation Balancing." Operations Research 72, no. 6 (November–December 2024): 2375–2390.