This course continues our data structures and algorithms specialization by focussing on the use of linear and integer programming formulations for solving algorithmic problems that seek optimal ...

Often leaders will think they are driving a problem-solving culture by insistent, or even just encouraging, team members to utilize the tools and templates of problem-solving. However, most ...

How do you solve Byzantine generals problem? The problem can be solved by implementing a protocol that employs fault-tolerant mechanisms.

Building products that customers love relies heavily on the problem space. This article provides different practices and tools on how to apply problem reframing underpinned by a real case study.

Math teachers have stymied students for hundreds of years by sticking goats in strangely shaped fields. Learn why one grazing goat problem has stumped mathematicians for more than a century.

Grade school math students are likely familiar with teachers admonishing them not to just guess the answer to a problem. But a new proof establishes that, in fact, the right kind of guessing is ...

Contemplating Fermi problems keeps me curious about the world and how things relate to one another.

Research shows that companies devote too little effort to examining problems before trying to solve them. By jumping immediately into problem-solving, teams limit their ability to design ...