A few years ago, I was talking to a physicist friend of mine, and he had a theory. That theory was that humans fundamentally had trouble understanding the impact of exponential functions, and that ...

Coordinating a small group of friends for dinner can be challenging enough. Imagine building a schedule for thousands of students. For Paige Stanley, a Johns Hopkins University senior, the difficulty ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We introduce a combinatorial approach for studying multiple-processor scheduling problems that involve the preemptive scheduling of ...

To borrow from the poet Robert Burns, the best-laid plans of teachers and principals often go awry and unfinished—especially when it comes to a school’s master schedule. Just ask Lee Fleming, a ...

Physician scheduling is a complex and multifaceted challenge that has significant implications for the efficacy and sustainability of healthcare delivery systems worldwide. This area encompasses the ...