Dixon Bross

ESSAYS & NOTES

Writing

Thoughts on problem formulation, system design, and applied AI.

Thinking in Distributions

Why inventory decisions, model evaluation, and system performance require more than a point estimate.

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Planning vs Forecasting

How typical requirements often miss the most important details.

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Five Questions Before You Solve the Problem

Five questions to help refine a request and find a better method and solution.

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Human in the loop is not a get out of jail free card

Human review is a system design choice. Its costs, capacity, and effectiveness need to be demonstrated.

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