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Tag Archives: optimization
Maximizing the Path Through a Triangle
A coworker recently introduced me to Project Euler, a website featuring mathematical problems intended to be solved with computer programs. The beginning problems are a warm-up and most can be solved by brute-force algorithms. The problems become more complicated as … Continue reading
User Experience and Optimization
As an Optimization Consultant, I spend most of my days working with clients and trying to build models and systems to meet their needs. In general, these are operational systems that run on command and the user sees the results … Continue reading
My New Year Resolution – Take a Second Look
In thinking about new year resolutions and how I can improve my model building in 2012, I looked back on some of the ways I made big improvements to models I developed this past year. I spent the majority of … Continue reading
Optimizing Your Transportation Network can Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
In the past few years, I have worked on optimization models for different sectors of the Transportation industry that all have one thing in common: the goal always includes minimizing non-revenue trips, either explicitly defined as the objective function or … Continue reading
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Optimizing the House of Representatives
The other day I read an op-ed piece in the NY Times that was discussing the sizing for the US House of Representatives. I’m not really here to discuss the politics of resizing the House of Representative nor what happens … Continue reading
Help Wanted: Elves with OR Background
This is a busy time of year for Santa and he could probably use some help from elves with Operations Research experience. Probably the most well-known application of OR at the North Pole is modeling Santa’s route as a Traveling … Continue reading
Reflections on Operations Research 