Abstract: Vector addition systems with states (VASS), also known as Petri nets, are a popular model of concurrent systems. Many problems from many areas reduce to the reachability problem for VASS, ...

Abstract: The zero velocity update (ZUPT) offers an effective correction method for sensor drift in indoor positioning systems using foot-mounted inertial measurement units (IMUs). However, the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

First solution to promote growing tenants into dedicated shards inside one vector search engine environment. Delivers predictable performance, lowers infrastructure costs, and simplifies scaling for ...

As we get closer to the end of the year, the days get shorter and shorter. Meanwhile, they get longer and longer as we get into the spring. This is all due to the angle of the sun in our sky. The sun ...

It is Duke week in football, and this space today should be about the Duke game. Preparing to write that piece, the thought occurred that it would be much more fun to talk about the interplay of ...

Researchers in the Middle East have developed a fuzzy logic controller that simultaneously optimizes the tilt angle of PV systems and performs maximum power point tracking (MPPT). Year-long ...

In a Manual Cinema production, shadow puppets, silhouettes, actors, and musicians collaborate without dialogue for very visceral, live-silent movie storytelling experiences. The recent “Leonardo! A ...

To watch Max Verstappen methodically but seemingly inevitably reeling in the previously dominant McLaren pairing of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, it's easy to forget that just over three months ago ...

On January 19, 1995, an X-31 experimental aircraft was making a routine test flight from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Centre when the chase pilot suddenly made a series of radio calls: "NASA One, ...

A Redditor has come up with his own rating system, using various metrics that he combined and weighted. This system only includes those teams in the Group of 5, those conferences not included in the ...

The Los Angeles Rams will pack for an extended trip before they head to Baltimore this week. The Rams are scheduled to face the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 12 (1 p.m. ET, Fox) ...