Abstract: The Nelder-Mead simplex method is a well-known algorithm enabling the minimization of functions that are not available in closed-form and that need not be differentiable or convex.

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Saturday that social media platform X will open to the public its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, in seven days ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A former basketball coach in Mead was sentenced on Tuesday, after being found guilty of sexually assaulting several girls on his team, according to a press release from the 19th ...

The Colorado River, which feeds Lake Mead, is under unprecedented strain from drought, over-allocation, and climate change. The lake, which is America’s largest reservoir, supplies water to 25 million ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view 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 ...

After a brief reprieve in 2023 and early 2024, a long-simmering water crisis in the West is back with a vengeance amid ebbing water reservoirs, drought and wildfire risks. In fact, according to a ...

Every year, boating enthusiasts across the Southwest hitch watercraft to their vehicles and haul them down to Lake Mead, a Colorado River reservoir straddling Arizona and Nevada. This year, though, ...

Recreationists at Lake Mead and Lake Mohave have been warned about hazardous weather conditions on Friday. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a lake wind advisory for both lakes, with winds ...