Augusta Free Press

Common scheduling challenges in construction (and how software solves them)

Construction projects often fall behind schedule because of shifting timelines, weather delays, labor gaps and material shortages.
IEEE

Residual Scheduling: A New Reinforcement Learning Approach to Solving Job Shop Scheduling Problem

Abstract: Job-shop scheduling problem (JSP) is a mathematical optimization problem widely used in industries like manufacturing, and flexible JSP (FJSP) is also a common variant. Since they are ...
IEEE

End-to-End Multitarget Flexible Job Shop Scheduling With Deep Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: Modeling and solving the flexible job shop scheduling problem (FJSP) is critical for modern manufacturing. However, existing works primarily focus on the time-related makespan target, often ...
GQ

Should Poop Float or Sink?

Forget checking your Oura ring data. If you really want insight into your health, you should check out your poop. Even if you don’t go to the lengths of mailing your excrement to a team of scientists ...