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Optimization

Posts about optimization on the Flex Axion blog.

2023

  1. Founder's Corner

    The Covid Pivot, Bill Walsh and the Super Bowl

    It has been over a year since I wrote a blog entry. Now that I’m starting to speak more freely about what I’m doing, John Regino wants me to continue to post on the ULISSES Project website in a…

2021

  1. Founder's Corner

    Defense Against the DARQ Arts, Optimization: Part 3- My Optimization Odyssey and entering Industry

    In grad school, I was running my own server room at my co-op thanks to a NeXT/Apple-related consulting project, and in addition to the money that the contract brought, it also generated additional…

  2. Founder's Corner

    Defense Against the DARQ Arts, Optimization: Part 3 – My Optimization Odyssey, the Mormon Trail

    My Optimization Odyssey continued in Utah, but not without a temptation to go back to Cali. In many ways, I was doing a reverse trek. You see, Wallace Stegner, the legendary founder of the creative…

  3. Founder's Corner

    Defense Against the DARQ Arts, Optimization: Part 3 – My Optimization Odyssey, the Oregon Trail

    Now, that we’ve had a little introduction to linear programming, I think the most useful thing to do before proceeding into more complex areas is to give you a walk-through of my own experiences with…

  4. Founder's Corner

    Defense Against the DARQ Arts, Optimization: Part 2

    Among my friends and associates, we have a varied group of heroes we follow, so much so that confusion sometimes occurs. For example, a while back I mentioned to my colleague Hal Tolley, “I…

  5. Founder's Corner

    Defense Against the DARQ Arts, Optimization: Part 1

    While I’m more of an Inkings guy (like the Dean of Oxford Business School, Peter Tufano), but in homage to BYU’s Dean Brigette Madrian and herHarry Potter obsession, I’m going to start a series of…