The energy consumption of large-scale data centers or server clusters is expected to grow significantly in the next couple of years contributing to up to 13% of the worldwide energy demand in 2030. As the involved processing units require a disproportional amount of energy when they are idle,...

This article investigates a network interdiction problem on a tree network: given a subset of nodes chosen as facilities, an interdictor may dissect the network by removing a size-constrained set of edges, striving to worsen the established facilities best possible. Here, we consider a...

This article is mainly motivated by the urge to answer two kinds of questions regarding the Bundesliga, which is Germany’s primary football (soccer) division having the highest average stadium attendance worldwide: “At any point in the season, what is the lowest final rank a certain team can...

Government of India announced the merger of 10 Public sector banks into 4 Banks in the month of August 2019 in order to reduce the NPA’s as well as reducing the burden of capital infusion to comply Bessel norms. Further mergers of Public Sector banks led to the emergence of 12 bigger banks....