The dark side of an operations researcher. Or how operations research can be a funny subject. Wanna join me?.
Some of us have been commenting on our posts about Numb3rs getting excited because of the nature of the series, a mathematician that uses their knowledge to solve criminal cases. Well, we’ll be advocating now for another TV series OR-er that has been neglected over the last years: Dr House (yes, he’s a Dr rather than Charlie’s PhD).
Just let me know your comments, since I’m considering House as a good example of soft O.R. application.
No mates, this is not another post on sub-prime mortgages or how the hunger for housing investment has taken the building sector into trouble. It’s just a way of introducing my new role in life and professional career; recently I moved from Brazil back to old Spain, moved from my old job and company to other milestone in my roadmap. It’s a way of introducing a very simple technique I recently used, as well. Let’s see.
I’m in the process of locating a geographical site (don’t need to get more details) and although all of us were very sure where we needed it I decided to double check by means of a facility location program (specifically, the Fermat-Weber Problem), and using Google Earth for establishing the coordinates. Bull’s Eye!. Just where we thought!.
PD. It’s like a high school application, however I’m very excited since is my first real-world professional application of OR. Let’s go ahead!!!.
