FutureAdvisor says it uses a mathematical optimization algorithm to apply modern portfolio theory principles to each person's portfolio.
As a performance optimization, it uses stretching rather than tiling when the user would not be able to tell the difference, such as when a single column or row is being stretched.
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Most retailers now sell online, giving shoppers unprecedented choice. eBusiness executives must follow a path of optimization and innovation as they fight to remain competitive.
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Then IBM came along with a so-called "volume algorithm, " a descendant of optimization formulas originally developed for military applications, like devising the best aircraft deployment to hunt down submarines.
There is a lot of optimization presented as innovation.
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In 2009, Bailyn founded First Page Sage, a search engine optimization and social media marketing firm with offices in San Francisco and New York, teaming up with his brother Bradley, now 33.
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Alekstra, a company specializing in mobile optimization and diagnostics, recently conducted a survey among Finnish iPhone users to determine what is the most common mistake consumers make in picking a mobile plan.
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Heather Sundell is marketing manager at The Search Agency, a search marketing and optimization company.
Since websites optimized for mobile devices have 11.5 percent higher click-through rates, mobile-optimization is a must for businesses with an effective online presence.
With Google now as much a verb as a company name, search engine optimization (or SEO)--the process of increasing a site's odds of ranking high in the search stacks--is a key consideration for any e-commerce player.
We all know how optimization has become a key focus in the IT services business today.
At gyro, we strongly recommend a practice of measurement and optimization for all of our clients.
With all this talk of innovation, I often think whether the focus on words like efficiency and IT optimization haven taken a back seat?
Rollinson said mine optimization will be a factor going forward and that the company will focus on margin increases, rather than higher mine production at any costs.
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She was doing a story on Search Engine Optimization.
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But looking a bit more deeply into the Android ecosystem shows why conceding a 9.7-inch optimization makes sense.
The ant story is not limited to process optimization and serves as a fine example for information transmission.
By Anthony Chong, head of optimization at Adaptly, a social advertising platform.
Every decision is a game of probabilities: an optimization between information and time.
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There's a fine line between search engine optimization and cheating the system.
Altair of Troy, Mich. has a lead over its rivals in a particularly interesting field called topology optimization, according to research firm CIMdata.
Products from these companies were integrated into a new software suite called Business Technology Optimization.
And this optimization can only come from a robust monitoring framework.
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Google just confirmed on its blog that it has agreed to acquire Widevine, a company that specializes in digital video optimization and digital rights management (DRM).
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Then there is the process of automatic ad optimization where many versions of a single ad get pitted against each other in search of the one that gets clicked the most.
An experienced active manager can effectively reduce these risks with quantitative tools, a valuation discipline, fundamental research and portfolio optimization techniques.
Some portion of the 40 basis points charged by Vanguard for managed accounts is paid to a firm named Financial Engines for independent portfolio optimization.
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