The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

1 Department of Industrial Engineering and Maintenance, Polytechnic University of Mongo, Mongo, Chad. 2 Department of Technical Sciences, University of N’Djamena, N’Djamena, Chad. 3 Department of ...

In the Dijkstra algorithm, when a shorter path to a neighbor is found, the neighbor's priority in the priority queue should be updated regardless of whether it is already present in the queue. In this ...

The Department of Marine Technology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China Coverage path planning (CPP) for target search by autonomous unmanned vehicle (AUV) involves two crucial aspects: (1) the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you’ve been making the same commute for a long time, you’ve probably settled on what seems like the best route. But “best” is a ...

According to the environment modeling approach, path planning algorithms of micro-/nanorobots are classified into searching, sampling, and dynamic aspects. The searching path planning algorithms ...

Abstract: To address the limitations of the traditional Dijkstra algorithm in two-dimensional path optimization problems, this article uses ant colony algorithm to optimize the Dijkstra algorithm, ...

The Vehicle Monitoring And Routing System (VMARS) makes use of GPS to provide the exact location of the vehicle. It allows a parent to monitor the vehicle in real-time using a GPS-based device ...