Charting data that might disappear soon
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The administration continues its takedown of data that it doesn’t agree
with. To…
*Tags:* government, takedown, Washington Post
Network models with node capacities
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Min-cost flow network model
A standard min-cost flow network model, formulated as a linear programming
model, can look like:
Model 1: standard min-cost f...
CPLEX Drops Documentation
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CPLEX Studio 22.1.2 is now available for download, at least on most
(possibly not all) supported platforms. The previous version was 22.1.1,
and judging ...
Happy 15th Birthday
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Happy 15th birthday to my beautiful book. Released today 4th Feb 2009. Just
marking the occasion 🍾🍾 Thank you if you ever invested in a copy. It
changed...
Tariffs and Trade - Some of Our Studies
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Today has been quite the day. It is just mid-afternoon, and, in addition to
a Kyiv School of Economics Board of Directors meeting on Zoom on various
impo...
Academic Freedom Is Not a Given
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Academia serves society by cultivating critical thinking and advancing
knowledge, but research and teaching freedom face increasing pressures. For
example,...
Copilot for R
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It was my great pleasure to present last week to the NYC Data Hackers on
the topic of Copilot for R. If you haven't come across Copilot before, it's
like a...
Paying for a place in line at Disney
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For a long time, one of my favorite service examples to discuss in class
has been Disney’s FastPass system. In a nutshell, the program allowed
guests to wa...
Optimization Games for the Young
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I’ve recently volunteered to be a part of the INFORMS K-12 Outreach
Sub-Committee and the story behind this post has everything to do with my
goals in help...
Starting Up
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I have been working as an analytics consultant for nearly 30 years, have
worked in many different industries and for organizations with varying
analytics ...
From Zaire to degree apprenticeship graduate
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Last week our second group of degree apprentices, including our first 3
females to complete (representing 23% of the cohort) received their final
qualifica...
The Dangers of Preprint Servers
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Now that I have moved (at least partially!) into academic administration,
my colleagues ask for advice on publishing strategy. A situation has
occurred wi...
How to leak a secret
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The following article by Liisa Atva published in the Huffington Post. It
features research by myself and Beedie School of Business faculty Jan
Kietzmann a...
Coaching Academics?
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A longtime reader and sometime correspondent of mine recently posed some
questions to share with FSP readers (if you are still out there). These
questions...
Knitting is a binary exercise
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I follow a knitting blog called Yarn Harlot by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.
During this month she is writing a daily letter to “Non-Knitters who love a
Knitter”...
(Rated) PG-13 for Ugly Cast
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PG-13 for Ugly Cast is a blog created and maintained by my son, Ben. I
encourage you to check it out. It’s very funny. If you like it, tell a
friend. Th...
How to quake proof a supply chain
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After a long hiatus, we return with a post. This one on Toyota’s plan to
quake proof its supply chain over the next five years. (Baltimore Sun,
9/6/11). T...
How many newsvendors?
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Last October in India, I was traveling with my father on a day-train from
Bangalore to Chennai. About halfway into the journey is a station called
Jolarpet...
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