Category Archives: Decision Optimization

Decision Optimization Technologies

The seven levels of artificial intelligence by Warren B. Powell

Posted on January 31, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

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Solving Decisioning Problems Sequentially over Time

Posted on January 2, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Prof. Warren Powell wrote: “I recently came to the realization that all the motivating applications of linear programming used by Dantzig were in fact fully sequential (and stochastic). Which means, you do not just solve a single linear program – … Continue reading →

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Smarter Decisions for a Better World

Posted on November 26, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Operations Research and the Management Sciences (OR/MS) is the computer science technology with probably the most impressive real-world success stories in decision optimization. However, being “too scientific”, OR/MS remains a well-kept secret for many years. The Institute for OR/MS, known … Continue reading →

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Practical Applications, Use Cases, and Testing (DC2023 Notes Part 3)

Posted on September 25, 2023 by jacobfeldman

As usual, DecisionCAMP included presentations devoted to practical applications and case studies of decision modeling and decision optimization. Testing rules-based decision services is extremely important topic in practical decision management especially in the modern CI/CD world. No wonder we had … Continue reading →

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Novel Decision Modeling Techniques (DC2023 Notes Part 2)

Posted on September 24, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

There were two presentations at DecisionCAMP-2023 devoted to new ideas that extend traditional Decision Modeling and DMN-like tools in new directions: 1) Probabilistic reasoning when a decision model deals with uncertain facts about which we know only their probability; 2) Declarative … Continue reading →

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DecisionCAMP-2023 Starts on Sep 18

Posted on September 14, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

DecisionCAMP, the major annual Decision Management event for partitioners by practitioners, starts on Monday, Sep 18 (online). With many presentations and discussions about Generative AI and Symbolic AI it promises to become an important milestone on the road to the … Continue reading →

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AI4OPT: AI for Optimization

Posted on July 10, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

AI4OPT, NSF Artificial Intelligence Research Institute for Advances in Optimization, aims at delivering a paradigm shift in automated decision making at massive scales by fusing AI and Mathematical Optimization, to deliver breakthroughs that neither field can achieve independently. The Institute … Continue reading →

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OptaPlanner continues as Timefold

Posted on May 30, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Geoffrey De Smet: OptaPlanner, an Open Source project for planning optimization, has entered a new chapter. “The project I worked on for seventeen years, has matured under Red Hat’s wings for the past ten years. Last year, when Red Hat’s … Continue reading →

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Decisions as Code

Posted on May 12, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

NextMV (“next move”) is a startup that provides solutions for Decision Optimization in the Routing, Scheduling, Packing, and other domains. “Building and shipping algorithms is tough. (87% of algorithms never make it to production.) Even when an algorithm makes it … Continue reading →

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Challenge May-2023 “Next Best Action”

Posted on April 22, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“Next best action” is a popular decision-making strategy. But how to define the “best” next action? This challenge may demonstrate it. Consider an NxN grid of lightbulbs. We are given an initial state where some of the bulbs are off and some are on. Then, … Continue reading →

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