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Algorithms can be elegant, helpful tools to solve complex problems. And Kellogg professor Sébastien Martin is teaching students how to think holistically, so, that through technical skills, they can ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...