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Optimization under uncertainty
A new preprint is now up on arXiv dealing with opimization under uncertainty (Nicola Botta, Patrik Jansson, Tim Richter)
PDF: arxiv.org/pdf/2503.18561
Link: arXiv:2503.18561
Abstract:
One of the most ubiquitous problems in optimization is that ...
Post · October 07, 2025
🌿 Some People Find Beauty in Art Galleries; I Find It in Plant Resilience
There is a special kind of elegance in how plants face the world.
They cannot move away from danger, yet they constantly adapt. They adjust their metabolism, fine-tune their gene expression, and even communicate with their neighbors through signal...
Post · October 07, 2025
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Post · October 06, 2025
Exploring level-p-complexity for subclasses of Boolean functions
In their MSc thesis [1], Arvid Rydberg and Selina Sand Engberg explored the complexity of Boolean functions (functions from n bits to one bit). Measuring their evaluation cost, especially using the probabilistic level-p-complexity (D_p(f)), is an...
Post · October 05, 2025
When 'You can do anything' shackles us
Positive psychology and new-age spiritualities have sold us a seductive fantasy: that desire alone can shape reality. "Visualize your goals", "believe in yourself", "the universe conspires in your favor". But this mantra of "you can do anything" i...
Post · October 03, 2025
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