silky wrote:
I can see why you would
disagree though Silky, after all, you have the brainpan of a stagecoach
tilter. (Simpsons reference)
Oh. there's no doubt that one day I'm going to have to accept my fate
and don the appropriate hat and find a cart ...
I have no idea what a 'stagecoach tilter' is... checking google, I was
able to find one link... it said perhaps an obese person, who would make
the suspension tilt when aboard!?
On problem solving, Monash University is having a few free events in the
IT faculty (for 'Research Matters'). There are three different events;
one which may be of interest to a few people here is:
"Solver Patterns for Complex Problems" by Professor Mark Wallace
The text from the site:
In planning Victoria's transport network, the government has to decide
how best to exploit a limited budget to best support our travel and
transportation needs. Such planning involves many choices which
interact with each other.
This talk introduces some ways of combining optimisation techniques
(which we term "solvers") to match the needs of different problem
classes. This need is motivated by reference to a variety of
applications from sports scheduling to traffic planning.
The challenge we are addressing is to develop the ultimate solution -
a match between solver patterns and applications. This remains a
major practical and theoretical research question.
Details: Wednesday 18 August, 2010, 5.30 pm arrival for a 6-7 pm
lecture, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000
Check here for more details, and two other events: (Distributed
Computing + "Overview: Opening Digital Doorways")
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/about/news/archive/2010/research-matters-2010.html
If anyone needs more info/etc, feel free to contact me.
--
Les Hughes
[email protected]
