What do the following—planning an airline hub, political gerrymandering, and a museum renovation—have in common? They’re all problems that can be tackled by mathematicians using a process called ...

The following sample plan of study fulfills the M.S. degree in Computer Science concentrating in Computational Operations Research with an empahsis on optimization and analytics. There are a variety ...

Modeling and Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems Using the QUBO Model A surprising development of the last few years has been the emergence of a model, called QUBO (for Quadratic Unconstrained ...

In Part 1 of this series on optimization and recovery, we considered two limitations of optimization processes and the light they shed on pseudo-recovery. Let’s now think more about what the ...

Introduction to the theory of convex sets and functions and to the extremum problems in areas of mathematics where convexity plays a role. Your Final Grade in the ...

A survey of contemporary topics in mathematics such as: voting systems and power, apportionment, fair division of divisible and indivisible assets, efficient distribution, scheduling and routing, ...