The fifteen years following World War II saw the development of a wide range of theories of decision making and resource allocation. Notable fields arising from slim foundations included: sequential…
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 4:15pm
Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall, 253
ORIE Colloquium: Rob Freund (MIT) - A First-Order View of Some Boosting Methods: Computational Guarantees and Connections to…
Scientists use laboratory experiments to search for molecules with desirable properties, e.g., that make efficient solar cells; or that cure cancer. The success of such a search hinges on making…
ORIE Colloquium: Joline Uichanco (MIT) - Business Analytics for Flexible Resource Allocation Under Random Emergencies
Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 4:15pm
Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall, 253
In this work…
CAM Colloquium: Mason Porter (Oxford) - Cascades and Social Influence on Networks
Friday, February 1, 2013 at 3:30pm
Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall, 655
Cascades and Social Influence on NetworksI discuss…
CAM Colloquium: Mason Porter (Oxford) - Cascades and Social Influence on Networks
Friday, February 1, 2013 at 3:30pm
Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall, 655
Cascades and Social Influence on NetworksI discuss…
Standard approaches to solving stochastic dynamic programs suffer from the curse of dimensionality. Taking advantage of structural properties such as convexity can help reduce the effect of dimension…