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Abstract: In group decision making, it is inevitable that the individual decision maker’s subjectivity is involved, which causes difficulty in reaching a group decision. One of the difficulties is to ...

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At first, the MH370 route game sounds simple. Draw a path, compare it to the satellite data, and see if it fits. But this episode argues that approach was dangerously misleading, because the data ...

Imagine you and I decide to play a simple game of chance. We each throw $50 into a pot and start flipping a coin. Heads, you get a point; tails, I get one. The first person to reach 10 points walks ...

Most optimization problems in control theory assume you're working in flat space. You have a system, you want to steer it from one state to another, and you minimize some cost along the way. This ...

Abstract: Dempster–Shafer evidence theory has been extensively applied in a variety of fields due to its ability to solve knowledge reasoning and decision-making problem under uncertain environments.

Earlier today I posed four puzzles from the Hyde Park Math Zine, a maths fanzine from Austin, Texas. Here they are again with solutions. 1. Ring it Each region has a perimeter given by its enclosed ...

Marty Makary was appointed commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2025. The prominent surgeon, medical researcher, bestselling author, and critic of the medical ...

Daniel McNulty began writing for Investopedia in 2012. His work includes articles on financial analysis, asset allocation, and trading strategies. Marguerita is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), ...