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 ...

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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 ...

As the title says, DAE solve takes a lot memory. For eg in this MRE, a 65,000 unknown problem, with a 0.5 MB vector and 7 MB jacobian, it takes over 20GB of memory before exiting due to running out of ...

Abstract: Simplex-structured matrix factorization (SSMF) is a common task encountered in signal processing and machine learning. Minimum-volume constrained unmixing (MVCU) algorithms are among the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. “The password era is ending,” says Microsoft, confirming its intent ...