All articles tagged with #combinatorial optimization
Originally Published 4 months ago — by Nature
The article introduces the analog optical computer (AOC), a novel hardware platform that combines optical and electronic components to efficiently perform AI inference and combinatorial optimization tasks through fixed-point iterative processes, promising significant improvements in speed and energy efficiency over digital systems.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Neuroscience News
A new study published in Nature Neuroscience shows that monkeys are capable of complex decision-making by considering costs, consequences, and constraints. The study is the first to show that monkeys can think deeply about a problem and find optimal outcomes rather than impulsively reaching for the first available option. By presenting monkeys with combinatorial optimization problems, researchers showed that monkeys employed sophisticated mathematical reasoning and used efficient computational algorithms to tackle complex problems.