Top new questions this week:
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Based on the plethora of advancements in optimization algorithms and computer technology that has occurred in the past 50 years - is Linear Programming today as "Powerful" and "...
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Are Metaheuristics and Evolutionary Algorithms the "Gold Standard" for the Traveling Salesman Problem?
I am interested in learning more about how we have been able to solve the (famous) ...
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I have a question that has been bothering me for a while:
In our OR-introduction course, we introduce the concept of Dynamic Programming via backward recursion: Working backwards from a final state (...
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I'm not sure if this is a question more appropriate for QF or OR but here we go:
Assume we have some money and we would like to make more money with this amount! We have two options: leave this amount ...
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In the field of Optimization and Operations Research : Are there "Types" any Problems where Evolutionary Algorithms (significantly) Outperform Non-Evolutionary Algorithms?
For instance:
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What Real Life Problems Motivated the Creation of the (Famous) Simplex Algorithm?
I was reading about the (famous) Simplex Algorithm :
My Question: Were there any real world problems that people (e.g....
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I have the following question that compares how "Sensitivity Analysis" is perceived in the field of Optimization compared to that of Machine Learning.
Sensitivity Analysis in Machine ...
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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I would like to start using Python for modelling and solving optimization problems. I would like to use both single-objective problems and multi-objective problems with a multidimensional objective ...
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The other day someone asked about recommended blogs to follow.
The older generation tends to prefer blog posts, but the newer generations tend to watch videos instead.
And we want to help the newer ...
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I am a beginning PhD student in math, and I would like to focus on optimization. I am learning programming for the first time, and I have written out some rudimentary optimization algorithms in both ...
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I would like to know how the (job) market for operations research works. My dream would be to work as a freelancer in the area of math programming. I have a PHD and several years of proven experience ...
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You probably have done some OR projects within the industry or - if you are in academia - for the industry. I'm wondering if you've seen some patterns of why such projects fail (or at least do not ...
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Note: See the EDIT below for one possible solution.
I apologize if this is not appropriate but I don't really have anywhere else to turn.
I was hoping that someone would be able to post how they ...
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I have the following exercise:
Stockco is considering four investments. Investment 1 will yield a net present value (NPV) of \$16,000; investment 2, an NPV of \$22,000; investment 3, an NPV of \$12,...
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Can you answer these questions?
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A few days ago, I was reading some articles/stackexchange posts on the "history and origins of optimization". Somewhere, there was an interesting reference to a biblical/old testament story ...
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First of all, thanks for the help in previous post. The problem I'm facing is some legacy codes used Lagrange multipliers to solve a weighted regression problem. New requirements changed and I'm ...
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We have a fleet of taxis with $t$ taxis available. All taxis are identical in the sense that they have the same capacity of $b$ and each taxi is dispatched only when its capacity is full.
Each taxi ...
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