Discover how Markov chains predict real systems, from Ulam and von Neumann’s Monte Carlo to PageRank, so you can grasp ...

Early decision isn’t just for the rich, as long as people with lower incomes can get accurate price quotes before agreeing to attend if they get in. By Ron Lieber In 1988, Ron Lieber applied to ...

When the first CFP rankings came out on Nov. 4, Notre Dame checked in at No. 10, and Miami was No. 18. Those initial rankings came directly on the heels of Miami’s loss to SMU and likely suffered from ...

Shen et al. present a computational account of individual differences in mouse exploration when faced with a novel object in an open field from a previously published study (Akiti et al.) that relates ...

But many facilities still face barriers — such as staffing shortages, inconsistent staffing, poor communication and a lack of formal protocols — when trying to better incorporate frontline workers in ...

In an unusual move, the university imposed a one-year ban on Colorado Academy for early-decision applications, which carry a commitment to attend. Credit...Claire Merchlinsky Supported by By Kailyn ...

Smart leaders with vast data still make bad decisions. But others, under similar pressure, make game-changing ones. In 1982, Johnson & Johnson swiftly recalled 31 million bottles of Tylenol after ...

Abstract: This paper investigates Markov decision processes (MDPs) with intermittent state information. We consider a scenario where the controller perceives the state of the process via an unreliable ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mary Frances Ruskell graduated in May from her high school in Columbia, South Carolina. The first round of admissions decisions for Clemson University came out on a December evening, ...

Penn was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed on Friday, alleging that top universities engaged in price-fixing by misusing the early decision admissions process to artificially inflate the cost of ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan and the U.S. have completed talks on tariff technicalities and have reached consensus on issues including non-tariff trade barriers, with the result pending the U.S.