tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435391049679382734.post8392519905129200371..comments2023-10-11T11:27:30.741-04:00Comments on Dualnoise: Informs Northeast Conference 2011 - summaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435391049679382734.post-79029524547137989482011-05-08T10:30:13.158-04:002011-05-08T10:30:13.158-04:00Re "mind numbing equation after equation"...Re "mind numbing equation after equation" (of which I used to be guilty): this is mostly age-related. Partly, it's a matter of experience. Eventually presenters begin to realize that the audience consists of (a) those who know what an flow balance constraints looks like (and don't need to see another) and (b) those who are in the wrong room. Partly it's physiological. As you get older, you begin to realize (from listening to other talks) that nobody can remember what half the symbols in the model mean, and nobody from the middle of the room back can read the subscripts.<br /><br />That said, the real killer to me is not the model. It's when somebody feels the urge to burn half their allotted time doing a proof. Proofs are for papers.Paul A. Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05801891157261357482noreply@blogger.com