Abstract: In the literature of Economics, Engineering and Operations Research, the estimation of production frontiers is a current hot topic. Many parametric and nonparametric methodologies have been ...

Sudoku Generator and Solver, built in Java, employs a backtracking algorithm to create and solve puzzles. The generator fills the grid, removes numbers, and ensures a single solution, offering unique ...

This is an implementation of the Sub Set Sum Backtracking algorithm in C. The algorithm is used to find a subset of a given set of numbers that adds up to a given sum. The algorithm is implemented ...

ABSTRACT: In order to improve some shortcomings of the standard particle swarm optimization algorithm, such as premature convergence and slow local search speed, a double population particle swarm ...

Apparently someone at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency views a statement last week – that an intensive study “did not identify widespread impacts on drinking water resources due to hydraulic ...

ABSTRACT: In this paper, a rank-one updated method for solving symmetric nonlinear equations is proposed. This method possesses some features: 1) The updated matrix is positive definite whatever line ...