Abstract: Unit commitment problems are operation optimization problems solved by independent system operators (ISOs). These problems generally need to be solved within a limited time, and the quality ...

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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 ...

Srinivasa Ramanujan grew up in southern India with almost no formal education, but his mind never stopped creating mathematics. Using nothing but a single outdated textbook, he taught himself advanced ...

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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 ...

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