The Cost Trap: Why Efficiency Programs Often Destroy Competitive Moats

A moat forms through governed trade-offs sustained over time—knowing what to protect, what to sacrifice and what must never ...
eLife

Dissociable Roles of Reward Prediction Error in the Contrasting Mood Dynamics of Depression and Anxiety

This important study uses a tripartite transdiagnostic computational framework to distinguish depression-specific, anxiety-specific, and shared psychopathology dimensions, in their relationships to ...

Single mathematical model helps solve a decades-old puzzle involving ultrafast lasers

A team of international researchers, including an Aston University researcher, has cracked the code on how "breather" laser ...
IEEE

Black-Box Optimization of the Storage Location Assignment Problem in Logistics Centers Using an Annealing Algorithm

Abstract: The manufacturing industry encounters numerous optimization problems, one of which is the optimization of storage location assignment (OSLA) problem in logistics. OSLA is a combinatorial ...
IEEE

Discrete Starfish Optimization Algorithm for Symmetric Travelling Salesman Problem

Abstract: This paper introduces a new discrete StarFish Optimization Algorithm (D-SFOA) to solve a complex discrete Symmetric Travelling Salesman Problem (STSP). The discrete SFOA algorithm is ...