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 ...

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Abstract: Simplex-structured matrix factorization (SSMF) is a common task encountered in signal processing and machine learning. Minimum-volume constrained unmixing (MVCU) algorithms are among the ...

Abstract: The superposition T-matrix method based on entire-domain vector spherical wave functions (VSWFs) is a powerful technique for analyzing multiple scattering problems in electromagnetic systems ...

Catharina Capitain and Melanie Schüßler from the Faculty of Geosciences at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany describe a novel approach using matrix-matched semiquantification to ...

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ABSTRACT: This paper deals with linear programming techniques and their application in optimizing lecture rooms in an institution. This linear programming formulated based on the available secondary ...