Journal Editorial Report: Obama pushes California’s Prop 50 ahead of election day. With most of Washington shut down, the Bureau of Labor Statistics recalled employees to ensure that one statistic was ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Adjusted gross income is a tax term everyone should understand. Also known as AGI, it has ramifications that extend beyond the tax season. “People are asking you all the time for your adjusted gross ...

The modern internet is ruled by algorithms. When you boot up Instagram, for example, what you see in your feed is strategically sorted by the app's AI based on your past activity to keep you engaged ...

Would you want to know when you will die? Science could be getting closer to perhaps giving you that option. The latest advance? An artificial intelligence algorithm, dubbed "the doom calculator" by ...

Abstract: In consideration of the fact that bat algorithm (BA) is sensitive to the initial values and simplex algorithm (SA) could often easily fall into local optimal, simplex-bat algorithm is put ...

Principal is the amount you borrowed, and interest is the amount you pay to the lender as a charge for borrowing. To calculate interest, multiply the principal amount by the interest rate, then ...

With over four decades of experience as a portfolio manager and educator, Adam B. Frankel simplifies credit card strategies and complex personal finance topics for anyone seeking to gain a better ...

The high-low method is used in cost accounting to estimate fixed and variable costs based on a business's highest and lowest levels of activity. By focusing on these extremes, the high-low method ...

SpaceX uses 3D printers and a process of relentless refinement to streamline its Raptor engines. In the Raptor 3, plumbing and wiring that had been on the outside were fused into the motor’s metal ...