The Zero Saga
Posted by Armando Brito Mendes | Filed under Investigação Operacional, matemática
debate um erro comum em IO x/zero=infinito
- Introduction
- A Common Fallacy
- Dividing by Zero Can Get You into Trouble!
- A Sample of the Grown-ups’ Arguments Insisting on Dividing by Zero
- What About Taking the Limit?
- Educating the Educators
- Act of Dividing by Zero Is a Meaningless Operation: Forget Its Result
- Origin of the Common Fallacy: Dividing by Zero
- The Need for Numbers
- The Two Notions of Zero
- Is Zero Either Positive or Negative?
- Is Zero an Even or Odd Number?
- Zero is “not there”
- Is 1 a Number or Just a “Unit” for Counting?
- Origin of Infinity and its Symbol
- Other Apparent Difficulties with Zero
- Descartes’ Representations of Numbers
- Mathematics Is for Unification and Extensions
- Genealogy of Rational and Irrational Numbers
- The Two Numbers Nature Cares Most: Inventions or Discoveries
- Equation: Its Structure, Roots, and Solutions
- SQRT(4) = +2, and – 2 right? Misplacement of the Sign
- 1 = 2 right? Confusions between Continuous and Discrete Variables
- 1 = 5 right? Confusions between Numbers and Operations
- Recurring Fractions Are Rational Numbers: Confusions between Series and Their Limits
- IEEE Special Floating Point
- 0 = 1 right?
- From Finger Numbers to Computer: The Most Fascinating Journey
- Errant Views and Calculator-assisted Experiment
- Notes, Further Readings, and References
- A Collection of JavaScript E-labs Learning Objects
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Tags: definição, otimização
What is Social Network Analysis?
Posted by Armando Brito Mendes | Filed under ARS - SNA
Uma boa definição de redes sociais
Network analysis is based on the intuitive notion that these patterns are important features of the lives of the individuals who display them. Network analysts believe that how an individual lives depends in large part on how that individual is tied into the larger web of social connections. Many believe, moreover, that the success or failure of societies and organizations often depends on the patterning of their internal structure.
Tags: ARS\SNA intro, definição, grafos
wikipedia: investigação operacional
Posted by Armando Brito Mendes | Filed under Investigação Operacional
Operations research (also referred to as decision science, or management science) is an interdisciplinary mathematical science that focuses on the effective use of technology by organizations. In contrast, many other science & engineering disciplines focus on technology giving secondary considerations to its use.
A Investigação Operacional (IO) ou Pesquisa operacional (PO), é um ramo interdisciplinar da matemática aplicada que faz uso de modelos matemáticos, estatísticos e de algoritmos na ajuda à tomada de decisões. É usada sobretudo para analisar sistemas complexos do mundo real, tipicamente com o objectivo de melhorar ou optimizar a performance.
