The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

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Looking at challenges outside of your own company can lead to powerful change. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, professor at Harvard Business School, believes the world demands a new kind of business leader. She ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

Most American voters believe the United States is too politically divided to solve problems, according to a poll by The New York Times and Siena University released Thursday. The poll found that 64 ...

Abstract: This work investigates the economic dispatch problem (EDP) when communication links suffer heterogeneous delays, adopting general convex cost models that subsume the quadratic forms used in ...

The acronym SLICE-RS represented a revolutionary advancement in firefighting tactics, not only in its effectiveness but also in the process of leveraging a data-driven, scientific approach. The ...

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. – A small Microsoft Research team had lofty goals when it set out four years ago to create an analog optical computer that would use light as a medium for solving complex problems.

Introduction: The Portfolio Optimization Process Needs to Be Revamped. For decades, portfolio optimization has been the pinnacle of modern finance. In the 1950s, with the introduction of Harry ...

Gemini 2.5 Deep Think has scored well in math competitions, and a version of it is now available for those who fork over $250 a month. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home ...