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How to Optimally Pack a Container | 2D Knapsack

OptWhiz Jan 30, 2024 Updated Apr 18, 2026

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How do you optimally trade objects within a group?

OptWhiz Jul 20, 2023 Updated Jun 9, 2025

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Assigning 34,822 medical students to hospitals every year | Stable Matchings

OptWhiz May 23, 2023 Updated Apr 21, 2026

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A 300 year old probability paradox | St. Petersburg Paradox

OptWhiz May 8, 2023 Updated May 15, 2026

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When to stop being greedy and just park | Optimal stopping and dynamic programming

OptWhiz Apr 18, 2023 Updated Apr 29, 2026

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Taylor Polynomials and Newton's Method (for multivariate functions)

OptWhiz Mar 27, 2023 Updated Apr 30, 2026

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Gradients, Hessians, and All Those Derivative Tests

OptWhiz Mar 7, 2023 Updated May 5, 2026

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Machine Learning Classification Using Linear Programming?

OptWhiz Dec 4, 2022 Updated Apr 21, 2026

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How do you optimally bomb the Soviet rail network? | Max Flow (Ford-Fulkerson)

OptWhiz Nov 21, 2022 Updated Apr 21, 2026

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How do we OPTIMALLY assign drivers to riders? (Hungarian Algorithm) | Bipartite Matchings

OptWhiz Nov 10, 2022 Updated Apr 22, 2026

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Can we assign everyone a job? (maximum matchings) | Bipartite Matchings

OptWhiz Nov 1, 2022 Updated May 5, 2026

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Fitting a line WITHOUT using least squares?

OptWhiz Sep 25, 2022 Updated May 5, 2026

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The most fundamental optimization algorithm

OptWhiz Sep 7, 2022 Updated Apr 21, 2026

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Solving Linear Programs Using the Graphical Method

OptWhiz Aug 20, 2022 Updated Apr 21, 2026

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What in the world is a linear program?

OptWhiz Aug 10, 2022 Updated Jun 8, 2025

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