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As someone who's not trained in math, what does "optimal transport" mean?
by lostinthefield 5y ago
As someone who's not trained in math, what does "optimal transport" mean?
- dandelany 5y agoLet’s say we have 12 iron mines with known amounts of iron ore supply, and 10 steel foundries with known amounts of demand. For each (mine, foundry) pair, there is a known cost of shipping the ore from point A to B. Which mines should send how much ore to which foundries? AIUI, that is the general “optimal transport problem”. Now replace ore with colors and it applies to the problem above :)