Tag: operations research
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Data Science Stakeholder Management
I previously wrote about two Data Scientist pain points: the thrash, when you’re not sure what to work on next, and the slightly toxic coworker. But my slack messages and 1:1 meetings are full of complaints that are not covered by either of these scenarios. My coworkers and I complain about challenging interactions with stakeholders. Requests and… Read more
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Maturity Levels of OR Projects
We recently went through a re-org in my organization. I am now horizontal, responsible for raising the bar on all things Operations Research in our corner of the world. This is a pretty ideal role for me. I get to learn a lot, focus on math, and act as a force multiplier. I previously worked for… Read more
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The Magic of Operations Research
I was recently asked to speak for 2 to 3 minutes at our All Hands meeting, to summarize progress on my main project over the past year. I looked up some metrics and made some quick comparisons. The results are … interesting. The Comparison I work on Assortment Optimization. We are developing a tool for internal… Read more
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Thoughts on the Vehicle Routing Problem (2 of 2)
In the last post, I introduced a mathematical formulation of the Vehicle Routing Problem inspired by a recent paper on taxi routing. The paper caught my eye initially because the authors mentioned being able “to dispatch in real time thousands of taxis serving more than 25,000 customers per hour.” Let’s go a bit deeper now and look at… Read more
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Thoughts on the Vehicle Routing Problem (1 of 2?)
I start off this post by providing a gentle introduction to a specific mathematical problem that has numerous practical applications. I then dive into some technical details and my thoughts on an interesting, recently published paper. You’ve been warned. I’ll try to make it interesting. My dad showed me Charles ReVelle’s article about the Roman Legions… Read more