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 ...

Legal experts have raised concerns about the constitutionality of a new bill that seeks to eliminate dual citizenship for Americans. Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio on Monday introduced the ...

In the United States, 12% of married couples with at least one spouse in their 30s or 40s have two incomes and no kids, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of federal data. This group, often ...

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 ...

A new study by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and SII Generative AI Research Lab (GAIR) shows that training large language models (LLMs) for complex, autonomous tasks does not require massive datasets.

BISMARCK — Families in Cass and Grand Forks counties may soon have different options for college courses for high school students. The State Board of Higher Education last week approved a policy ...

We received a report from a user that dual simplex is producing the wrong sign for lagrange multipliers associated with rows in the form a_i^T x >= b. Internally, these rows are first converted to ...

The Vanguard Group’s application to add ETF shares to its actively managed mutual funds will likely significantly ramp up competition in the space if/once the SEC approves such hybrid structures, ...

Learn what inventory accounting is, how it works, and key methods like FIFO, LIFO, and WAC. Includes real-world examples, tips, and best practices. I like to think of inventory accounting like ...

Ronald Goncalves is a contributor at DualShockers and a Venezuelan political scientist and economist who seeks to express his passion for video games through the always subjective interpretation of ...