Puzzle: Can Simulation Entice Cooperation in Non-Zero-Sum Games? February 13, 2025In honor of Joe Halpern's 70ies Birthday, a year ago Vincent Conitzer posted this puzzle. Can you solve it? We provide a solution for Game 1. Let us denote the...
Puzzle: Non-Linear Optimization January 31, 2025In todays puzzle, we solve a simple non-linear optimization problem with only five variables. Can you do it? In this post, Lee Chan Lye posed this question. One possible answer...
Puzzle: Game of Life November 15, 2024In Conway's game of life, we place lifelings on a board of squares. These lifelings survive, procreate, and die according to very specific rules: Our client bought a piece of...
Puzzle: Mr Bates vs The Post Office October 9, 2024 The Post Office in DS City has come up with a new measure to limit packages that can be sent under a new flat rate, regardless of weight or...
Puzzle: Personalized Healthcare March 15, 2024 Many data science companies aim to leverage machine learning to personalize healthcare. The problem is that probability distributions of the potential causes of the patients' ailments do not create...
Puzzle: A Tale of Two Coffees December 2, 2023 As winter casts its frosty spell over DS City, 'The Cozy Bean' transforms into a haven for coffee aficionados and a bustling hub where artists and data scientists converge....