Category Archives: Optimization

MiniCP: A lightweight Java Constraint Programming Solver

Posted on May 19, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Many decision problems (logistics, production, space, etc.) aiming at an optimal use of resources can be formulated as constraint combinatorial optimization problems. Unfortunately, these problems are difficult to solve mainly for two reasons: 1) They require complex algorithms to design … Continue reading →

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Researchers Achieve ‘Absurdly Fast’ Algorithm for Network Flow

Posted on June 10, 2022 by decisionmanagementcommunity

A team of computer scientists has come up with a dramatically faster algorithm for one of the oldest problems in computer science: Maximum Flow. The problem asks how much material can flow through a network from a source to a destination if … Continue reading →

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Connecting the Dots

Posted on December 20, 2021 by decisionmanagementcommunity

If someone gives us a collection of points, how should we connect them? Should we try to pair them up? Should we try to join them together to form a single loop? Should we try something else? And once we’ve … Continue reading →

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Vaccination Scheduling Decisions

Posted on March 25, 2021 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Geoffrey De Smet created a vaccination scheduling software. He discovered an interesting Vaccination Appointment Scheduling Paradox: It’s more user friendly if people can NOT choose their own appointment. Watch video

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Consuming Optimization models for Operational Decisions

Posted on July 3, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

During DecisionCAMP-2020, we had several presentations devoted to incorporation of Optimization Engines in Business Decision Models: 1) Developing Decision Optimization Microservices for Real-World Decision-Making Applications by Jacob Feldman; 2)  cDMN: Combining DMN with Constraint Reasoning by a KU Leuven’s team.

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