Author Archives: decisionmanagementcommunity

Under-Engineering

Posted on May 25, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Stéphane Dalbera wrote: We should stop using “over-engineering” as a catch-all buzzword and as a convenient disguise for defending mediocrity, quick-and-dirty practices, and the refusal to develop deeper expertise. Reducing the entire toolbox of software engineering to what a beginner … Continue reading →

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“Deterministic systems produce facts, small local LLMs turn them into language.”

Posted on May 24, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Gary Hallmark asks: “What can small local LLMs realistically do today?” He did some experiments with these conclusions: “Small local LLMs are often not great at open-ended expert reasoning. But they are already surprisingly capable at: structured data → natural-language … Continue reading →

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Submissions Review for Apr-2026 Challenge “Agentic Medical Services”

Posted on May 12, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

We received five submissions for the Apr-2026 Challenge and asked Jeremiah Connelly of Novus-Forge to provide a comparative analysis. He wrote: “The April 2026 challenge sits at an intersection that is increasingly relevant to anyone building production systems with AI: … Continue reading →

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Major uses of Agentic AI within the Decisioning Context

Posted on May 11, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

This topic is posted in our Q&A forum: Read more and share your experience with the current use of Agentic AI in real-world decision-making systems.

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Measure Decision Qualify, Not Forecast Accuracy

Posted on May 6, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Adam DeJans: “The goal is NOT to predict the future perfectly. The goal IS to make better DECISIONS under uncertainty.” Link

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ChatGPT has solved a 60-year-old math problem

Posted on May 3, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Artificial intelligence has recently made headlines for solving a number of “Erdős problems,” conjectures left behind by the prolific mathematician. Now, a 23-year-old with no advanced training in mathematics but a ChatGPT Pro subscription has solved one such problem #1196. “He received … Continue reading →

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Genealogy of AI

Posted on April 29, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Martin Milani: “Every day, a new AI infographic shows up. More layers. More terms. More boxes and arrows. Architectures stacked on top of architectures. Term salad put through a blender. But almost none of them start with the one fundamental … Continue reading →

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Why one-third of OR projects fail to reach production

Posted on April 28, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Geoffrey De Smet reports from EURO Practitioners’ Forum, where “the group of experienced Operations Research (OR) data scientists shared their war stories. Industry experts, not academic researchers. Smart people, that poured their hearts into their projects for months or even … Continue reading →

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From Process to Decision – From Model to Execution

Posted on April 28, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

In June, Stefaan Lambrecht will run several sessions with the above name. Here is his preview: Let’s be blunt: Most BPM initiatives fail.Not because of tooling.Not because of lack of effort. But because they focus on the wrong thing. They … Continue reading →

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Philosophy is the most underrated engineering skill

Posted on April 25, 2026 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Benny Cheung wrote: “I keep running into the same pattern: every fundamental AI problem I hit, some philosopher already diagnosed it centuries ago.” Link

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