Theorizing Through Literature Reviews
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There are many misconceptions about how to write a good literature review.
In their award-winning article Theorizing Through Literature Reviews: The
Miner-...
Counting the Christmas days with snow
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This is a fun one by Dylan Moriarty for the Washington Post. Punch…
*Tags:* Christmas, snow, Washington Post, weather
Up to 60% off our beautiful books
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May we humbly suggest our lush, 256 page infographic books, as potential
gifts? All three, published by Harper Collins, are 256 pages of
mind-bending facts...
MATE Misadventure
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My desktop computer runs Linux Mint with the MATE desktop environment. I
know Cinnamon is fancier / trendier, but I'm used to MATE, plus I run it on
my "...
Sorting using a MIP model
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This is not, per se, very useful, but sorting a parameter inside a MIP
model is not very easy for MIP solvers. Obviously, if you need a sorted
parameter ...
The math behind voting by mail
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In the past few years, I’ve studied the analytics of election resilience. I
published two research papers on voting by mail that employ integer
programming...
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...
New blog site for It Depends
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This the old site for It Depends. You can still access the posts. For the
new site and new posts visit: http://itdependsblog.blogspot.ca/ Thank you,
Ian
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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