In this post, I will talk about why infeasible optimization problems are so common and how to solve them. Then I will add my own implementation of FeasOpt, the CPLEX algorithm for constraint relaxa...
A made up story (not based on real events) Imagine that in your office the fire alarm goes off frequently without any apparent reason. Maybe it’s because there’s a construction site nearby that tr...
Introduction Have you ever faced the issue of having to estimate the closest point to a point in a dataset?, or what are the points inside a $r$ distance from a point ?. I’ve faced this problem a ...
Introduction “Orthogonalization” Its a method that helps to debias a dataset when there is a strong autocorrelation between some of the regressors and the predicted variable. This is a common pro...
Preface What is Synthetic Control? In the simplest terms, synthetic control is a methodology that allows us to understand the effects of a treatment when an experiment is not possible and we don’t...
How to connect a DHT11 to Home Assistant (Container) I struggle a few weeks trying to understand how to connect a thermometer (DHT11/22) to a Raspberry Pi, and a few more on how to read the sensor...
Introduction Imagine you have two groups of people who are very similar in every way, except for one thing: a specific cutoff value. This cutoff value determines whether a person receives treatmen...