The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. Thirteen years ago, no ...

Abstract: The Nelder-Mead simplex method is a well-known algorithm enabling the minimization of functions that are not available in closed-form and that need not be differentiable or convex.

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When a company with tens of thousands of software engineers found that uptake of a new AI-powered tool was lagging well below 50%, they wanted to know why. It turned out that the problem wasn’t the ...

1 DFQM, Federal University of São Carlos, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil. 2 Federal University of Alfenas-MG, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Without question, today’s schools operate in complex, dynamic, and challenging environments. Schools must contend with rapid advances in technology, high levels of accountability, increasing diversity ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The great challenge in teaching analytical chemistry today is to ensure the learning ...

In the fast-paced world of modern business, workarounds are often hailed as the heroes of productivity. Workarounds allow teams to sidestep obstacles while continuing to move a task forward. But what ...

New research details an intriguing new way to solve "unsolvable" algebra problems that go beyond the fourth degree – something that has generally been deemed impossible using traditional methods for ...