Planning By Computer: The Inside Answer

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Narendra Karmarkar of AT&T Bell Laboratories has developed a new linear programming scheme. The 'simplex' method takes fifty times longer to solve a 5,000 variables problem than does Karmarkar's method. Karmarkar expects improvements to be made on his program. It has not yet been put to business use.

Linear programming, Problem solving, New Product, Programs, Programming

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Urban planning in Curitiba

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Curitiba has become an economic and industrial center while avoiding significant pollution, high crime rates, and poor education among its citizens. Its urban planning emphasizes environmentally sound development, public transportation, low-technology solutions, and citizen participation.

Management, Innovations, Public works, City planning, Urban planning, Local transit, Curitiba, Brazil

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Automated highways: cars that drive themselves in tight formation might alleviate the congestion now plaguing urban freeways

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Automated highways are seen as one of the promising technological solution to reduce congestion in urban road systems. The system relies on the installation of intelligent systems in the car which senses both inputs from similarly-equipped cars and from the highway.

Prevention, Design and construction, Traffic congestion, Intelligent vehicle-highway systems, Intelligent vehicle highway systems

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