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Less tangible value than mathematics? The last few decades have been a golden age of linear and constraint programming research. The impact they've had on logis
by akiselev 5y ago
Less tangible value than mathematics? The last few decades have been a golden age of linear and constraint programming research. The impact they've had on logistics alone is incalculable - it's changed how everyone does business from Ford and Fedex down to Uber drivers. Almost every mass manufacturer in the world uses them in one way or another to optimize their processes. I can't imagine an academic field that has had more impact on industry.
- effie 5y agoThat is interesting. Can you give some concrete example of how linear programming optimized some process?
- akiselev 5y agoMost trivial and ubiqitous example is CAM which finds the path a CNC machine tool should take to translate a 3D model into a real part as efficiently as possible. At this point probably every physical product on the market involves CAM work somewhere in its production, either for the product or the machinery making it.
- effie 5y agoThanks for answering, however I tried to search for "linear programming in CAM" and also skimmed wikipedia on CAM and linear programming and came up with nothing. Can you please point me to some resource on this?