Month: August 2018

When I was in graduate school, I attended a graduate seminar on design optimization algorithms. The case study presented was on design improvements of the structural components of a minivan. The inputs into the algorithms were the current minivan design and all the criteria for required regulatory and industry design constraints, standards, and rules and…

When I head out on a journey, whether for vacation or for work, there is always that anticipation along the way. When I finally reach my destination, I get a feeling of accomplishment. I finished something that I started. If you have been keeping up with the articles on Using Databases with Dispersion Modeling (The…

Most of you out there reading this article are scientists or engineers. In the course of our education we have come across some really gnarly complicated problems to solve. We probably started shaking and sweating profusely while reading the text of these problems. To solve these types of problems, we were all trained to break…

I am a DIY-er (do it yourself-er). There was always a home project to work on; plumbing, electrical, carpentry. You name it. I knew how to do these things correctly, but it always took so incredibly long to finish. I had all the tools I needed, but they were in my toolbox or in a…

We love feedback. One common comment regarding the article on “Calculations with Queries” (http://www.naviknow.com/2018/07/25/using-databases-calculations-with-queries/) was that people wanted to see more examples. To follow is a relevant example that captures quite a few topics covered in both the previous article. Let’s suppose you have created a data table in your database to store data on…