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The team orienteering problem with variable time windows

International Transactions in Operational Research, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 1705-1732, May 2026.
Abstract The orienteering problem is well‐established within the domain of operational research. This paper introduces the team orienteering problem with variable time windows (TOPVTW) as a new variant of the team orienteering problem with time windows. The distinguishing feature of the TOPVTW is the adaptive time windows, which evolve dynamically as a
Bibiana Granda, Begoña Vitoriano
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A Heavy‐Duty Vehicle Routing Problem With Temperature Constraints

Networks, Volume 87, Issue 2, Page 131-150, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article studies a vehicle routing problem involving a fleet of heavy‐duty vehicles and pickup‐and‐delivery requests for crude items that are both heavy and high‐temperature. The objective is to route the fleet in such a way that maximizes resource efficiency and operational efficiency while simultaneously avoiding thermal overload of any ...
Biljana Roljić, Yuan Chen
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Qubit‐Efficient Quantum Local Search for Combinatorial Optimization

Advanced Quantum Technologies, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2026.
We introduce a qubit‐efficient variational quantum algorithm for combinatorial optimization that adaptively uses from logarithmic to a linear number of qubits to implement quantum local search. The method encodes flip probabilities of spin groups into quantum amplitudes, enabling exploration of classically intractable neighborhoods while maintaining ...
Mikhail Podobrii, Viacheslav Kuzmin, Vladimir Voloshinov, Margarita Veshchezerova, Michael R. Perelshtein   +4 more
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Smart Waste, Smarter World: Exploring Waste Types, Trends, and Tech‐Driven Valorization Through Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and Blockchain

Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue S2, Page 132-153, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Global municipal solid waste generation is projected to exceed 3.8 billion tonnes annually by 2050. This makes the need for smart, inclusive, and scalable waste valorization systems more urgent than ever. This review critically explores the shift from conventional waste management to intelligent, technology‐driven solutions aligned with ...
Segun E. Ibitoye, Amit K. Ball, Raul V. Rodriguez, Olalekan A. Olayemi, Peplluis Esteva, Peter O. Omoniyi, Isaac K. Adegun, Rasheedat M. Mahamood, Esther T. Akinlabi   +8 more
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Optimizing Movement Sequences for Step-and-Scan Lithography Equipment

Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing, 2013
The purpose of this work is to improve the throughput of step-and-scan lithography equipment to shorten the production time of a wafer. For this purpose, we propose a method for solving the MSOP (Movement Sequence Optimization Problem), which is the ...
Yuji SHINANO, Nobuo INUI, Youzou FUKAGAWA, Noburu TAKAKURA   +3 more
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Development of user‐selectable diverse sets of cultivated and wild soybean germplasm for genetic and breeding applications

The Plant Genome, Volume 19, Issue 1, March 2026.
Abstract After decades of intensive breeding, modern US soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] varieties have achieved significant improvements in yield, quality, and stress tolerance, but these gains have come at the cost of severely reduced genetic diversity.
Qijian Song, Susan Araya, Chuck Quigley, Patrick Elia   +3 more
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On One Implementation of a Natural Approach to Solving the Traveling Salesman Problem

Кібернетика та комп'ютерні технології
Introduction. The relevance of the traveling salesman problem is associated with the need to develop computational schemes for use in situations that require the analysis of information of a sufficiently large volume.
Dmitri Terzi
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Market Insurance and Risk Pooling in U.S. Crop Insurance

Agricultural Economics, Volume 57, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT A common assumption is that multiple‐peril crop insurance markets suffer from market failures, thus justifying government intervention in the form of premium subsidies, operating allowances, and reinsurance agreements. One prominent rationale for intervention involves geographic correlation in agricultural production which leads to systemic ...
Fan Fan, Yong Liu, A. Ford Ramsey, David J. Leatham   +3 more
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Trajectory Stability in the Traveling Salesman Problem

Complexity, 2018
Two generalizations of the traveling salesman problem in which sites change their position in time are presented. The way the rank of different trajectory lengths changes in time is studied using the rank diversity.
Sergio Sánchez, Germinal Cocho, Jorge Flores, Carlos Gershenson, Gerardo Iñiguez, Carlos Pineda   +5 more
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“It Is Vital That We Should Not Keep It to Ourselves”: The Rats of Tobruk Association and the Siege of Tobruk in Australian National Memory

Australian Journal of Politics &History, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 143-165, March 2026.
The siege of Tobruk is one of the most well‐known Australian actions of the Second World War, enjoying special attention on Anzac Day. Its elevation within Australian national memory is by no means accidental. Rather, it is the result of decades of lobbying by the Rats of Tobruk Association (ROTA), which positioned veterans of the siege as the ...
Nicole Townsend
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