Routing With Sequencing
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The motivation for this post comes from a sequence of questions posted on
OR Stack Exchange (including this one), having to do with a mixed integer
progr...
Revisiting a continuous facility location problem
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I am revisiting here a problem from [1]:
We have \(n\) demand points and their locations. How many facilities do we
need to service these customers? And w...
Transnational Capitalism After Postcolonialism
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Bridget Kustin, Juliane Reinecke, and Jimmy Donaghey recently published a
powerful article entitled Transnational Capitalism After Postcolonialism:
Researc...
Oh, the Insights You’ll Show!
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In honor of Dr. Seuss Day / Read Across America Day, I wrote today’s post
in the style of Dr. Seuss with some help from Microsoft Copilot. This week,
I wil...
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...