Pakistan has made “meaningful” progress on fiscal federalism since 2010; however, deviations from “international norms” and ...

Heart failure remains a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality. Despite numerous therapeutic advancements over the past decade, there are populations in whom therapy is insufficient, ...

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Abstract: A neural network based on smoothing approximation is presented for a class of nonsmooth, nonconvex constrained optimization problems, where the objective function is nonsmooth and nonconvex, ...

Abstract: During industrial smart manufacturing, many problems can be described as a time-dependent nonlinear equation system (TNES) that needs to be solved cooperatively due to large-scale ...

Learn how to solve problems using linear programming. A linear programming problem involves finding the maximum or minimum value of an equation, called the objective functions, subject to a system of ...

The Darcy-Weisbach equation is the most recommended equation for determining the pressure loss in pressurized pipes because of its wide applicability. However, one of the largest obstacles to ...

A hundred years ago this week, at the height of the quantum revolution, Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger submitted a manuscript for publication. Its centerpiece was an innocuous-looking equation ...

Without resorting to dynamic programming, we determine the decumulation strategy for the holder of a defined contribution pension plan. We formulate this as a constrained stochastic optimal control ...

For centuries, the phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" has dominated discussions of aesthetics. This adage suggests that beauty is entirely subjective—what one person finds attractive, ...