Seniors learn best when they’re taught the same way that is best for children and younger adults – with active participation, meaningful discussions, and material that feels relevant. One can learn ...

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 ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial ...

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 ...

The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787). Source: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain The story goes that Socrates had a characterful friend called Chaerephon who went to Delphi and boldly ...

Standard computer implementations of Dantzig's simplex method for linear programming are based upon forming the inverse of the basic matrix and updating the inverse ...

Abstract: An adaptive spherical simplex radial cubature information filter-based phase unwrapping (ASSRCIFPU) method is introduced. First, the ASSRCIF method with adaptive adjustment of observation ...

The lecture method is a traditional teaching approach where instructors impart knowledge to students through direct verbal instruction. Often referred to as the expository or transmissive method, it ...

Abstract: Constrained optimization problems are very important and frequently appear in the real world. The /spl alpha/ constrained method is a new transformation method for constrained optimization.