Parrondo’s Paradox Explains How Two Losing Strategies Combined Can Win

In 1996 Spanish physicist Juan Parrondo made an incredible discovery: sometimes two games that each end in loss individually ...
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Python's SymPy Library Makes Math Easy. Here Are 6 Practical Uses

If the mention of algebra conjures bad memories of math classes, a Python library called SymPy could change your mind about ...
Harvard Business Review

The Performance Management Revolution

The focus is shifting from accountability to learning. by Peter Cappelli and Anna Tavis When Brian Jensen told his audience of HR executives that Colorcon wasn’t bothering with annual reviews anymore, ...
CNN

Imelda and Humberto deliver double threat — dangerous surf and coastal flooding for US, back-to-back hurricanes for Bermuda

Tropical Storm Imelda is strengthening and is expected to become a hurricane by Tuesday as it moves off the Southeast coast, kicking up dangerous surf, rip currents, coastal flooding and beach erosion ...
WWSB

Summer like weather continues as two systems tango in the tropics

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) -Through the end of the week, and into the weekend, a low-pressure system aloft will move across the Deep South with its cold front surface reflection inching toward Florida.
IEEE

Asynchronous Distributed Algorithms for Solving Linear Algebraic Equations

Abstract: Two asynchronous distributed algorithms are presented for solving a linear equation of the form Ax=b with at least one solution. The equation is simultaneously and asynchronously solved by m ...
IEEE

Integrating Variable Reduction Strategy With Evolutionary Algorithms for Solving Nonlinear Equations Systems

Abstract: Nonlinear equations systems (NESs) are widely used in real-world problems and they are difficult to solve due to their nonlinearity and multiple roots. Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are one ...