Optimal control problems are mathematical formulations used to determine control strategies that yield a desired outcome while minimising a prescribed cost function.

What do sub-optimal solutions say about you in a technical software interview? This question was originally answered on Quora by Gayle Laakmann McDowell.

Dudeney's original solution for transforming an equilateral triangle into a perfect square through dissection involves only four pieces, a solution that has now been proved to be the optimal solution.

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a modern feedback law that generates the control signal by solving an optimal control problem at each sampling time. This approach is capable of maximizing a certain ...

For decades, mathematicians tried to come up with the optimal sofa shape to move around a corner. Post-doctoral student Jineon Baek posted a 100-page proof that claims to solve the problem.

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This paper deals with numerical solutions to an impulse control problem arising from optimal portfolio liquidation with bid-ask spread and market price impact penalizing speedy execution trades. The ...

An optimal initial radius of the interior clean water plume that minimizes the amount of treatment solution injected and maximizes the amount of contaminant degraded is determined.

A math problem delineating the largest-size sofa that can fit around a corner has finally been solved, though it may not help you move.