Category Archives: Decision Optimization

Decision Optimization Technologies

Challenge July-2018 “Zoo, Buses, and Kids”

Posted on July 3, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

This month we offer a simple decision optimization problem “Zoo, Buses, and Kids” as our July-2018 Challenge. We expect that not only special optimization tools like IBM CP Optimizer but traditional decision modeling tools can be used to solve the … Continue reading →

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Decision Optimization and Finance: Doing more with less

Posted on May 7, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Alex Fleischer from IBM writes that Optimization (Doing more with less) has been quite a success at many banks and insurances for decades. Along with many finance use cases of CPLEX, he describes 4 recent optimization success stories in international … Continue reading →

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Automating Scheduling and Resource Allocation Decisions

Posted on March 20, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Decision Optimization frequently deals with scheduling and resource allocation problems. One of the best-known software package for modeling and solving scheduling problems was ILOG Scheduler. This month IBM published a very detailed article “20+ years of scheduling with constraints at … Continue reading →

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About DecisionCAMP-2018

Posted on November 2, 2017 by jacobfeldman

The DecisionCAMP-2017 became a major technical decision management event of 2017. Next year DecisionCAMP will be held in Luxembourg in the mid of Sep-2018. We will join the Logic for AI Summit that will bring together several international conferences and workshops … Continue reading →

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Decision Model for Finding Optimal Spouse

Posted on October 6, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” — John Lennon A few years ago Michael Trick, one of the best known authorities in Operation Research, blogged about “Finding Love Optimally“. In particular, he wrote: “I was a … Continue reading →

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What does Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace have to do with Decision Analytics?

Posted on September 15, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“While Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace is a critically acclaimed story of life, love, and loss, for even the most avid bookworms the thought of reading this lengthy tome from start to finish is more of a millstone than a milestone. Indeed, … Continue reading →

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NEOS Server: State-of-the-Art Optimization Solvers

Posted on September 12, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

The NEOS Server (Network-Enabled Optimization System) is a free internet-based service for solving numerical optimization problems. Hosted by the University of Wisconsin in Madison, the NEOS Server provides access to more than 60 state-of-the-art solvers in more than a dozen optimization … Continue reading →

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Explanations for Human-Aware Artificial Intelligence

Posted on August 15, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Prof. Eugene Freuder will present position papers “Explanations for Human-Aware Constraint Programming (CP)” and “CP and AI” at CP 2016 on Sep 5-9 at Toulouse, France. “A key aspect of human-awareness is the ability of our machines to explain their behavior and … Continue reading →

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Addressing Bottlenecks with Theory of Constraints

Posted on July 26, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

This presentation describes how to improve organizational performance using The Theory of Constraints created by late Dr. Eli Goldratt and explained in his book, The Goal.  The thought behind Theory of Constraints is that in every organizational system, there is one … Continue reading →

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Pokemon Go and the Traveling Salesman Problem

Posted on July 13, 2016 by decisionmanagementcommunity

These days you may have heard stories of people hunting down Pokémon on their office desks, in hospital rooms, and even in bathrooms. Read about the brilliant mechanics of Pokémon Go. Do you want to catch them all? As quickly as … Continue reading →

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