The set covering problem asks for the smallest collection of subsets whose union contains all elements in a given universe. As a canonical NP-hard challenge, it has inspired a rich array of exact, ...

Dealing with a problem here that probably has a clever solution which is not coming to me: I have an m x n grid. This grid contains some circles. I would like to find a set of squares that covers the ...

Combinatorial optimisation for constraint problems encompasses a broad class of decision and optimisation tasks in which discrete choices must satisfy intricate side conditions. Typical examples ...