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A new quantum-inspired algorithm has cracked a problem so massive that conventional supercomputers struggle to even approach it. Researchers used the method to simulate extraordinarily complex quantum ...

Fuzzy optimization for shortest path problems addresses uncertainty in network weights by representing arc costs with fuzzy numbers rather than crisp values. By extending classical algorithms—such as ...

Shortest path algorithms sit at the heart of modern graph theory and many of the systems that move people, data, and goods around the world. After nearly seventy years of relying on the same classic ...

The All-Pairs Shortest Paths Problem, Seeking the Shortest Distance Between Every Node Pair in a Graph, is Efficiently Solved by Johnson's Algorithm for All Pairs of a Vertext, Bellman-Ford for ...

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Bio-inspired computational methods have gained popularity recently. These methods mimic the seemingly complex behavior of organisms to tackle difficult and often overwhelming problems. For example, ...

Ran Duan, Jiayi Mao, Xiao Mao, Xinkai Shu, Longhui Yin (2025): Breaking the Sorting Barrier for Directed Single-Source Shortest Paths“. 57th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC). Faster ...

Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) nowadays have been widely used in ocean observation missions, helping researchers to monitor climate change, collect environmental data, and observe marine ecosystem ...

Abstract: Graph theory is a critical field in computer science and mathematics, particularly in solving shortest path problems. In this paper, a comparative analysis of Breadth-First Search (BFS) and ...