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 ...

Sure, real Christmas trees will make your house smell nice, but there are a lot of benefits to using a faux tree for the holidays. With an artificial tree, you don’t have to worry about sticky sap or ...

Simplex Trading, a Chicago-based firm, announced the appointment of Dennis Kerlin as its new chief compliance officer. The proprietary market-making firm works with advanced technology and software to ...

Introduction: In unsupervised learning, data clustering is essential. However, many current algorithms have issues like early convergence, inadequate local search capabilities, and trouble processing ...

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Artificial upwelling is a form of geoengineering that aims to use pipes and pumps to channel cool, nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean to the surface. In doing so, it could fertilize surface ...

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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 ...

Egypt-based CNC machine manufacturer Simplex has raised $13 million, led by Saudi Arabia's National Industrial Development Centre. Founded in 2013 by Ahmed Shaaban, Mohamed Mansour and Amr Mahmoud, ...