Princeton Consultants

01/14/2026

How do many patients travel free of charge to hospitals so they can receive critical care treatment? Through nonprofits like Angel Flight NE, which has shared a new patient video: https://angelflightne-1.wistia.com/medias/jw3no7pjmu

We salute the Angel Flight NE dedicated staff, volunteer pilots, and generous partners!

12/22/2025

06/30/2025

At our Q2 meeting, Steve Sashihara discussed new business opportunities.

06/13/2025

What is the state of AI and Optimization in Mongolia? Who is making optimization-powered innovation happen there? Find out in Steve's interview with Bolor Jargalsaikhan: https://princetonoptimization.com/blog/optimizing-in-mongolia-and-beyond-an-interview-with-bolor-jargalsaikhan/

12/23/2024

Kicked off by Steve Sashihara, we enjoyed our Q4 firm meeting and reception on Friday at Princeton University's Quadrangle Club.

12/09/2024

Agile development accommodates the complexities and evolving nature of optimization solutions, leading to better outcomes and user satisfaction. However, many practitioners have not fully embraced Agile, and they continue to work in forms of traditional Waterfall development. In a blog post, Patricia Randall discusses pros and cons of Agile and Waterfall development, and she advocates for an embrace of “Agile for Optimization.” https://princetonoptimization.com/blog/blog/agile-v-waterfall-optimization-solution-development

11/04/2024

Leaders of a structured finance software platform sought to initiate then sustain the upgrade of critical optimization-powered features. Comprehensive review, modeling and coding were required, led by Patricia Randall and Irv Lustig.

Monday, November 4, 2024 Posted by:  Patricia Randall, PhD and Irv Lustig, PhD Leaders of a software platform for structured finance sought assistance in significantly upgrading its optimization features. An important component of the technology portfolio of a global financial analytics provider, t...

10/24/2024

At our Q3 firm meeting, Steve Sashihara discussed Optimizing Strategy: Building the Business Case and Securing Buy-in for Optimization.

09/09/2024

In a new blog post, Irv Lustig discusses the significant benefits of optimizing with two popular data science libraries: pandas and gurobipy-pandas.

Monday, September 9, 2024 Posted by:  Irv Lustig, PhD In a Gurobi webinar (view the recording here) on Data-First Optimization Development, Irv discussed the transformative benefits of pandas and best practices using the gurobipy-pandas library, and walked through an example. Following is a lightly...

08/21/2024

An important read for innovation-minded executives -- and even more relevant since it was published in 2011. Available on Kindle.

Steve Sashihara's book offers a groundbreaking approach to decision making. Using the newest advances in mathematics and computer software, companies can fully maximize their assets at every decision point. The Optimization Edge quickly introduces readers to this strategy in clear, nontechnical t...

08/14/2024

Looking to maximize efficient utilization of their workforce, equipment, vehicles, and other high-value assets, executives are turning to advanced scheduling optimization solutions, Rob Randall and Irv Lustig explain:

https://princetonoptimization.com/blog/blog/advanced-techniques-complex-scheduling