Too many people are dying preventable deaths. The most recent was a school shooting that happened in Tacloban, causing three deaths and multiple injuries. Facts are still emerging, with a police ...

Abstract: Evaluating network reliability is an important topic in the planning, designing, and control of network systems. In this paper, an intuitive heuristic algorithm is developed to find all ...

Abstract: Model-based dual heuristic dynamic programming (MB-DHP) is a popular approach in approximating optimal solutions in control problems. Yet, it usually requires offline training for the model ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bryce Hoffman writes about leadership, strategy, and decision making. This article is more than 2 years old. Do you ever find ...

Heuristic evaluation and usability testing are two of the most established methods to evaluate software for usability. When in doubt, one is the winner. Assessing the ease of use of a software is ...

Being a physician is a difficult job. They must make complex, high-stakes decisions under severe pressure, with limited information about the patient, the disease and the treatment, while juggling ...

In my last two entries on this site, I discussed biases and heuristics. I wrote about them separately because I had plenty to say about both, which, for anyone who knows me, is not a surprise. What I ...

Consider the following scenario: you are watching a movie in your living room. One of the supporting characters is played by someone who looks familiar, but you can’t quite put your finger on where ...