Resolf - A game with numbers
When playing with numbers it is almost certain that you will discover properties and patterns that you didn't expect at…
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The golden rule of staffing in contact centers
Remember hearing: 'Please hold while you are connected to the next available agent'? Why not spend some of the time…
How parallel computing can be (in)efficient
You wake up in the morning, and reach out to your smartphone to cancel the alarm and check up on…
The eerie phenomenon of quantum entaglement
In this article, I will discuss the weird phenomenon called quantum entanglement, to which Albert Einstein referred as "spooky action…
How the schedule in the TATA Steel Chess Championship forced Carlsen to help Caruana win
The Mysterious R explained in simple terms
During the last three months the whole planet is caught in the turmoil of the Corona pandemic.
Scale-free networks, a controversial topic solved by extreme mathematics
In 2016 a company calculated that the average number of followers in Twitter was about 707. Although this might already…
How the popular become even more popular
Some webpages are enormously popular, and many thousands of other webpages link to them. Yet, most webpages have only few,…
How uncertainty can make traffic run smoother
Making decisions that affect traffic can have an enormous impact on our daily lives, the environment and our economy. We…
Contest: How fast can you travel around the Netherlands?
The Netherlands is a small country, it has a total area of 33,893 square kilometers and is divided into twelve…