Maybe some sort of generally applicable habits and practices could develop, but maybe not. It seems unlikely that generally applicable habits would be as efficient as habits and practices that have had time to get optimized through use.
The word “Antifragile” springs annoyingly to mind. Constant weak shocks with lots of survivors. Maybe congestion prediction systems will tend to emerge? (Maybe those responses could be incorporated back into the utility function!?)
Also, lots of people moving at the same time once a month is not a great way to utilize moving companies. But if they don’t move at the same time...how far from optimal can it get because of moving delays?
Good thoughts. I think I can see a resolution. Moves could planned to take place throughout the month after the solution is proposed.
It occurs to me now that the optimizers are going to be a bit more complex than I’d imagined. They can’t just produce a mapping from residents to locations. Moves have to be ordered. The chains have to start at an unoccupied location and end before the month is out.
Move plans could take the capacity of the moving contracters into account, if those are known quantities.
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Yeah. While this project is making me realize that going without firm guarantees is sometimes really useful (saying, “I don’t know how good it will be” enables it to become unexpectedly good. Giving it broad latitude lets it compromise on things that turn out to be more costly than was anticipated.), and I think the optimizer might end up being pretty reliable, I think there will need to be quite a few firm guarantees.
The word “Antifragile” springs annoyingly to mind. Constant weak shocks with lots of survivors. Maybe congestion prediction systems will tend to emerge? (Maybe those responses could be incorporated back into the utility function!?)
Good thoughts. I think I can see a resolution. Moves could planned to take place throughout the month after the solution is proposed.
It occurs to me now that the optimizers are going to be a bit more complex than I’d imagined. They can’t just produce a mapping from residents to locations. Moves have to be ordered. The chains have to start at an unoccupied location and end before the month is out.
Move plans could take the capacity of the moving contracters into account, if those are known quantities.
Yeah. While this project is making me realize that going without firm guarantees is sometimes really useful (saying, “I don’t know how good it will be” enables it to become unexpectedly good. Giving it broad latitude lets it compromise on things that turn out to be more costly than was anticipated.), and I think the optimizer might end up being pretty reliable, I think there will need to be quite a few firm guarantees.