The algorithm works by partitioning an originally large problem into a group of subproblems. The D-Wave annealer then iteratively optimizes each subproblem to eventually solve the original larger one.

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Companies have a new toolkit for solving complex problems in teams that borrows its approach from computer science, according to MIT Sloan. Getting started with a complex problem can seem daunting.