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Rob De La Espriella is the creator of BlueDragon, a problem-solving system used by the US national laboratories and nuclear facilities. United States businesses are silently hemorrhaging trillions of ...

Researchers developed a machine-learning-guided technique to solve complex, long-horizon planning problems more efficiently than some traditional approaches, while arriving at an optimal solution that ...

A team of MIT researchers has successfully modeled how people approach solving a complex problem by adopting distinct decision-making strategies. This study focuses on understanding how individuals ...

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In 1970, when the Apollo 13 mission pilot said, "Houston, we've had a problem," he was asking NASA's Johnson Space Center for help. Fast forward four decades to 2010, and the Johnson Space Center was ...

Innovation thrives when we think beyond experience, drawing ideas across disciplines to solve complex problems.