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 ...

Amid sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U. S. dimming, President Masoud Pezeshkian has apparently thrown up his hands. By Farnaz Fassihi and Leily Nikounazar ...

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Abstract: This paper proposes a centralized secondary control for real-time steady-state optimization of multi-terminal high-voltage direct current (HVDC) grids, considering both voltage and current ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in February 2025, launched a request for information seeking public comment about how social media platforms’ “adverse actions” against users and user content may ...

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 ...

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.

A stethoscope "upgraded" with AI technology can help doctors detect three heart conditions in just 15 seconds. This is the revelation of researchers from Imperial College in the UK, who have shown ...

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 ...