The perturbation function of a convex program is not necessarily continuous on its domain of finiteness. However, further restrictions on the constraints will guarantee a continuous perturbation ...

Sometimes you pull the short straw. That’s how one CSO felt when his former employer asked him to create a formal business continuity (BC) program for a few years ago. “It’s hard, right?” says the CSO ...

Given x 0 , a point of a convex subset C of a Euclidean space, the two following statements are proven to be equivalent: (i) every convex function f : C → ℝ is upper semi-continuous at x 0 , and (ii) ...

I recently recorded a podcast with Stephanie Balaouras, discussing the potential for increased collaboration between crisis communication, business continuity, and risk management functions. The ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On this very special Valentine’s Day episode ...