Abstract: Nonconvexity is a usually overlooked factor in economic dispatch (ED). Enhancing the nonconvexity of the objective function leads traditional convex optimization algorithms easily to fall ...

Project SEARCH students are back in the classroom for another great year of learning at ECU Health. The program gives students with developmental disabilities in Pitt County the chance to gain ...

The Santa Monica City Council voted 6-1 at its last meeting to approve a pilot program allowing developers to build affordable housing off-site instead of requiring it as part of a development, ...

The CDC is scaling back its FoodNet program, cutting active monitoring of six foodborne illnesses including listeria, shigella and vibrio, while continuing to track only salmonella and E. coli. Health ...

Abstract: This paper investigates an agricultural planting strategy that integrates simulated annealing algorithm and linear programming. Addressing the crop planting issues in mountainous regions of ...

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation law, which makes changes to Medicaid and creates the Rural Health Transformation Program. The changes to Medicaid ...