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Distributed model predictive control (DMPC) offers a computationally efficient alternative to centralized model predictive control (CMPC) for enabling the optimal control of industrial process systems ...

Five steps to ensure that you don’t jump to solutions by Julia Binder and Michael D. Watkins When business leaders confront complex problems, there’s a powerful impulse to dive right into “solving” ...

As the world becomes increasingly digital and more chaotic, many business problems are becoming more complex, fluid and charged — making them harder to solve. They’re what Horst Rittel and Melvin ...

The problems you face are more complex and moving faster than ever before, and the consequences of a poor or incomplete solution can be costly to your business, and well as to your community, human ...

How good is your company at problem solving? Probably quite good, if your managers are like those at the companies I’ve studied. What they struggle with, it turns out, is not solving problems but ...

Creative problem-solving can be an exhilarating experience. You get a triple benefit: the euphoric 'aha' moment of solving a puzzle, the pride of accomplishing a goal, and the deeper self-discovery of ...