Have you ever waited for your bus at a bus stop for a very long time – only to be greeted by two or more buses arriving together? This phenomenon, known as "bus bunching," is a problem that bus ...

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Optimizing school bus routes is a lot more complicated than one might think. The International School of Geneva handed their problem over to a group of EPFL mathematicians. “Our ...

At MIT, bright young engineers are still asked to tackle devilish math problems on their way to a degree. But officials at Boston Public Schools (BPS) are hoping they can turn their attention to the ...

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