The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

Morningstar Quantitative Ratings for Stocks are generated using an algorithm that compares companies that are not under analyst coverage to peer companies that do receive analyst-driven ratings.

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The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

Before you call your internet provider in a panic, here's how to fix your iPhone or iPad's Wi-Fi in just a few steps. Your iPhone says it's connected, but nothing loads. Your iPad keeps dropping Wi-Fi ...

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The Consumer Price Index Manual: Concepts and Methods has been released and is posted below. A culmination of six years’ work, the 2020 Manual represents an update of the 2004 CPI Manual. The primary ...

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