Form Labs recently announced the launch of the Fuse 1, a desktop SLS printer that will print all your parts using nylon powder and a laser. This a fundamentally different method of 3D printing as ...

This project focuses on analyzing and comparing the performance of multiple algorithms designed to solve the Bin Packing Problem, a classic optimization problem in computer science and operations ...

Abstract: In this paper we investigate the application of memetic algorithm (MA) to the k-set packing problem, a well-known $N$ P-hard problem with applications in ...

In a pair of papers posted online this month, a Ukrainian mathematician has solved two high-dimensional versions of the centuries-old “sphere packing” problem. In dimensions eight and 24 (the latter ...