Solving Sudoku with Metaheuristics: GVNS

Reading Time: 5 minutes The last time I travelled, I saw a little old lady in the airport with her crossword puzzle book. My grandmother travels with her word search book. Me? In my old age, I will travel with a Sudoku book. Before I hit old age, I will take advantage of the opportunity to combine my studies […]

The Tidyverse: the best* -verse for data scientist

Reading Time: 4 minutes This post is by no means a tutorial for the tidyverse. Nor is it an introduction to these packages or style of coding using R. Instead, this is just a compilation of my favourite features of the packages that will hopefully convince you of its power and convert you to the tidy side.

A new reality TV show idea: the Stable Marriage algorithm

Reading Time: 3 minutes As a hopeful romantic, a believer in the principle of marriage and a lover of dating reality TV, I was immediately intrigued by this problem and solution. So to celebrate Valentine’s Day I thought it would be fitting to look at the stable marriage problem.