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 ...

The Biden administration set up the initiative after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in August 2021 for those who assisted U.S. troops. By Hamed Aleaziz Reporting from Washington A 29-year-old ...

Operations research (OR) and machine learning (ML) techniques, when used in isolation, are often inadequate for addressing complex optimization problems. While OR struggles with combinatorial ...

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 ...

In the current climate, generic and expensive programs to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion—for example, trainings—are increasingly falling out of favor. In fact, most of the existing research ...

Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) operations are known to contribute significantly towards rural economic development. The operations which are widespread in about 80 countries across ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This pioneering textbook on ...

ABSTRACT: This paper deals with linear programming techniques and their application in optimizing lecture rooms in an institution. This linear programming formulated based on the available secondary ...

China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Ophthalmology, Beijing, China Objective: Herpes simplex keratitis (HSK), caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV), is a leading cause of ...

State Grid Chaoyang Electric Power Supply Company, Chaoyang, Liaoning, China Aiming at the problem that it is difficult to predict the future operating state of the transformer, this paper proposes a ...