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Feb 25, 2020
I am very happy to announce that the Handbook for Military and Defense Operations Research , coedited with Natalie Scala, has been published by CRC Press. The electronic copy is available now…
Feb 18, 2020
Monte Carlo is a beautiful process that can be used to address many, many problems. One of my favorites is that it can be used to estimate the value of [latex]\pi[/latex]. First…
Feb 11, 2020
The Howard County Charter Review Commission has spent about a year now reviewing the County Charter. We've held a number of public hearings. And we are currently drafting a set of preliminary…
Feb 8, 2020
No matter what we consider the internal representation, the data will be stored linearly in memory. If we are using a programming language like C, we would use something like this to…
Feb 5, 2020
When we are looking at two-dimensional optimization algorithms, there are a variety of options. The first is the bisection method. I like the bisection method, because it makes a delightful use of…
Jan 23, 2020
Over the last few years, I've spent a bit of time working on blockchain and blockchain-related issues at JHU/APL. Last year, at the request of DHS, Maria Vachino and I looked at…
Jan 9, 2020
On the way back from INFORMS 2019 in Seattle, I met Ashley Smith and Ashley Kilgore from INFORMS on the plane. After talking a bit, Ashley Kilgore asked me if I'd be…
Dec 19, 2019
Water is the key to life, but it is also our greatest enemy. We can't go more than a few days without a drink, but it can kill millions at a time.…
Dec 3, 2019
Two weeks ago, I was tasked by the Charter Review Commission to come up with a quick report and analysis of how other counties in Maryland have structured their zoning change processes.…
Nov 20, 2019
A quick update on this. I built the clock described in this video over the weekend: Astable 555 timer - 8-bit computer clock - part 1 Our computer's clock is built using…
Nov 15, 2019
I've been learning a bit of signal processing, lately, for a variety of reasons. I spent a lot of time on YouTube watching videos to learn more. As I am sure you're…