Optimization over time, VOL. 1, Peter Whittle,

Assortment optimization over time

In this note we introduce the problem of assortment optimization over time. We have a sequence of time steps and can introduce one new product per time step. Once introduced a product can not be removed. The goal is to determine which products to introduce so as to maximize revenue over all time steps under some choice model. Given a 1/α-approximation algorithm for the capacitated assortment op...

1 Theocracy over Time

Political authorities have historically had a mysterious tendency towards theocracy, exemplified by their religious titles, close affiliations with religious figures, or even divine powers. To examine theocracy over time, we constructed two unique datasets, one that includes information on the political and religious characteristics of over five hundred polities observed in history and another ...

Persian-translation Vol.1, No.1

Bayesian perspective over time

Thomas Bayes, the founder of Bayesian vision, entered the University of Edinburgh in 1719 to study logic and theology. Returning in 1722, he worked with his father in a small church. He also was a mathematician and in 1740 he made a novel discovery which he never published, but his friend Richard Price found it in his notes after his death in 1761, reedited it and published it. But until L...

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