Posting LaTeX Source Code to a WordPress.com Blog

On WordPress.com you can include LaTeX code in your post by writing:

[sourcecode language='c']$latex stuff here$[/sourcecode]

To prevent WordPress from evaluating it just use

[sourcecode language='c']$latex stuff here$[/sourcecode]

Permalink · Written on: 11-14-08 · 5 Comments »

mathTeX Upgrade

After what seems like forever, I finally got mathTeX up and running. Major props to Vexxhost, my hosting provider, for having exceptional customer service and providing LaTeX on shared hosting.

Permalink · Written on: 10-23-08 · No Comments »

Nonlinear Resource Allocation

We settled on the topic of solving the nonlinear resource allocation problem which can be formally stated as
$$!\begin{array}{cll}
\min &{\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n f_i(\xi_{i})} &\\[0.5em]
{\rm s.t.} &{\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n g_i(\xi_i) \leq c}, & c \in \mathbb{R} \\[0.5em]
& \ell_{i} \leq \xi_{i} \leq u_{i}, & i = 1,2 ,\ldots, n
\end{array}$$

We will be applying several methods to solve this problem efficiently including interior point methods and a pegging algorithm.

Permalink · Written on: 10-09-08 · 2 Comments »

It’s Linear Programming, Not Linear Optimization!

I’ve begun meeting with my advisor Stephen Wright once a week. We are going to be looking at one of two possible topics:

  1. Applying interior point methods to the resource allocation problem.
  2. Tree-based decomposition methods in second-order-cone programming.

Oh, apparently the new trend is to refer to LP problems as LO problems.

Permalink · Written on: 09-01-08 · No Comments »

Firefox Plugins for Flickr

I find these Firefox / Greasemonkey scripts to be helpful when browsing Flickr.

  1. Better Flickr
  2. Flickr Referer in Comments
Permalink · Written on: 07-14-08 · No Comments »