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Author:
Krumme, Coco, author.
Title:
Optimal illusions : the false promise of optimization / Coco Krumme.
Publisher:
Riverhead Books,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
243 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Engineering economy--United States.
Technology--Social aspects--United States.
Mathematical optimization.
United States--Social life and culture.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management.
Engineering economy
Mathematical optimization
Technology--Social aspects
United States
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-243).
Contents:
Flatland revisited -- Leaving Las Vegas -- High desert church -- Metaphoric breakdown -- False gods -- The treachery of optimals -- After the gold rush -- Babylon.
Summary:
"How optimization took over the world and the urgent case for a new approach"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0593331117
9780593331118
LCCN:
2023017871
Locations:
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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