Category Archives: Heuristics
MLB Umpire Scheduling
There are two purposes to this post. First, I’d like to follow-up on Michael Trick’s post on the importance of teaching and its relationship with research. One of the points Mike makes is that your next exciting research or consulting … Continue reading
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Rescue Mission, Part 3 of 3
Make sure to read part 1 and part 2 first! Notes: The Edelman Award presentations are available here. The INFORMS Public Information Committee (PIC) web page is here. A long list of real-life applications of Analytics and O.R. is available … Continue reading
Filed under Applications, Heuristics, INFORMS Monthly Blog Challenge, Promoting OR
Rescue Mission, Part 2 of 3
Make sure to read part 1 first! TO BE CONTINUED… Read part 3 here! Notes: The paper by Trick et al. is available here. The Science of Better podcasts are available here.
Rescue Mission, Part 1 of 3
TO BE CONTINUED… Read part 2 here! Note: The topographic map above is an actual map of Mars.
Filed under Applications, Heuristics, INFORMS Monthly Blog Challenge, Promoting OR
