Solving complex optimization problems is central to many modern technologies, from logistics and financial modeling to chip ...

Abstract: We study the circular packing problem (CPP) which consists of packing a set of circles of known radii into a larger containing circle without overlapping. The objective is to determine the ...

Abstract: We present a hybrid algorithm called parallel simulated annealing with a greedy algorithm (PSAGA) to learn Bayesian network structures. This work focuses on simulated annealing and its ...