The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get ...

When a company with tens of thousands of software engineers found that uptake of a new AI-powered tool was lagging well below 50%, they wanted to know why. It turned out that the problem wasn’t the ...

This is a graphical user interface (GUI) application built with Python and Tkinter, designed to solve linear programming problems using SciPy's optimization library (linprog). Generates a plot of the ...

You probably don’t need more time. By Jancee Dunn When I look back on all the major decisions I’ve dithered over, I could scream. It took me a decade to commit to becoming a parent. I wavered for a ...

Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

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.

We are moving from a world of institutional dependency to one of personal responsibility. The question is no longer, “What can we do for people?” but, “How can we equip people to do more for ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

Sven, a sales leader, received a call from a major customer who was furious. Their order arrived late, the product was damaged, and to top it off, their invoice didn’t reflect the volume discount ...

$$ \begin{array}{ll} \underset{x \in \mathbb{R}^n}{\min} \quad & \langle c, x \rangle \\ \text{s.t.} \quad & L \leq A x \leq U, \\ & l \leq x \leq u . \end{array ...

A record-high share of Americans want the government to do more to tackle the nation’s problems – but few think the political parties are up to the task, according to new polling. In the latest SSRS ...