📈 #24 Part III - The OR revolution: the Renaissance

Final conclusions of a trilogy that involves Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence

I was looking forward to today.

Is it because I needed to rest? No.

Was there a special event? Not really.

Is it because tomorrow is Monday? Definitely not.

Because today, yes indeed, 🥁 drumroll 🥁, the day has arrived when I conclude the trilogy on the OR revolution here at Factibles. And let me tell you:

• How we got here

• The relationship between Quantum and AI with OR

• Some conclusions about what lies ahead for us

Not much more to say, so... Let's go for it!

Recently, I asked on LinkedIn what date marked the beginning of Operations Research. I proposed three options:

1. Euclid in 300 B.C., after proving that squares are rectangles that maximize area given a specific perimeter.

2. Euler in 1736, after solving the problem of the bridges of Königsberg, giving birth to graph theory.

3. Dantzig during World War II, after creating the simplex method, giving birth to linear programming.

The truth is that there was no consensus, but there was a lot of debate. I liked the exercise, I won't lie.

Regardless of the specific answer, what does seem certain is that OR has been around for a long time. In fact, much longer than any of us would expect, given that it is still a niche area today - not many people know about it yet. And that's despite...