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This blog highlights interesting applications of operations research and the management sciences, as well as ways in which operations research and systems thinking can make the world a better place.
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Realtors sometimes think that the optimal solution is to convince their clients to accept the first offer made on their house. The marginal increase in the realtor’s fee is tiny if the sellers wait to get a small increase in the selling price (a 3% commission on the extra $2000 that the sellers are holding […]
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I was shopping at Target and noticed a baby scale for sale for people who are unwilling or unable to do subtraction (see image below). The scale works by first weighing a person holding the baby, then weighs the person without the baby, and performs subtraction to yield the weight of the baby. Most digital […]
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I found a number of things in my office while packing up for UW-Madison. I officially move later this week. The Onion article is entitled “Mead Releases New Grad-School-Ruled Notebook:” “We here at Mead understand that as students get older and wiser, they need notebooks with increasingly narrow lines,” Mead CEO John A. Luke told reporters. […]
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Here are a few links: When is the best time to purchase airline tickets? On average, 49 days before your departure for domestic flights, 81 days for international flights. What day of the week is the best for purchasing airline tickets? The weekend, according to a paper published in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. When […]
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Page Six ran a story about wealthy Manhattanites who hire “black-market Disney guides” for $130 an hour (or $1,040 for an eight-hour day) to cut in line for the rides at Disney World. The guides are people with disabilities who, according to Disney rules, are allowed to take up to 6 people to the front […]
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