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Re:Things Economists Agree On by blasdel on Monday November 01, 2010 @06:27AM (#1855957)
> For optimization, the idea is that each shopper in a grocery store solves some complicated problem in nonlinear, integer, stochastic optimization just to get the groceries. This nonsense is part of their rational assumption.

I do this, and it's a real problem. It takes me forever to buy groceries.

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