In this Derive activity, students determine the optimal location for a warehouse so that it is close to the center of a circle that passes through all the outlets of a store in the region.

Demonstrate how, with the use of orbital mechanics, a space mission to Mars can be planned. Using no more than algebra, Kepler's laws and the formula for the energy of an object in a Kepler orbit, the exercise derives the time for an...

This article analyzes the three-dimensional finite bin packing problem (3BP). The 3BP finds many practical applications as it is a simplified version of many real-world problems, e.g. container and pallet loading.