{"117111":{"#nid":"117111","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bill Cook\u2019s New Book Reviewed in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWilliam J. \u201cBill\u201d Cook, Chandler Family Chair and professor\nin the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, continues to\nreceive notable reviews for his new book \u003Cem\u003EIn\nPursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp; Recently featured in \u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/em\u003E, as well as \u003Cem\u003EThe\nWall Street Journal\u003C\/em\u003E, Cook\u2019s book examines the origins and history of the\nTraveling Salesman Problem, which involves finding the shortest possible route\nfor a traveling salesman seeking to visit each city on a list exactly once and\nreturn to his city of origin.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn a review for \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2012\/03\/01\/theater\/201203-death-of-a-salesman-interactive.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, writer Jennifer\nSchuessler makes an interesting comparison between the famous Broadway play \u201cThe\nDeath of a Salesman\u201d and The Traveling Salesman Problem, both of which\ncoincidentally got their start in 1949.\u0026nbsp;\nAccording to Schuessler, solutions from Cook\u2019s new book might have saved\nthe play\u2019s \u201ctragic hero,\u201d Willy Loman, at least some of his exhaustion.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Wall Street\nJournal\u003C\/em\u003E also recently featured a review of Cook\u2019s book in an article titled\n\u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970203806504577183983792982556.html?KEYWORDS=the+fuzzy+path+may+be+the+shortest#articleTabs%3Darticle\u0022\u003EThe\nFuzzy Path May Be Shortest\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d \u0026nbsp;Writer Jordan\nEllenberg, a mathematics professor at the University of Wisconsin, praises Cook\nfor focusing on how to solve The Traveling Salesman Problem practically, while\napplying it to real-world problems.\u0026nbsp; Though\nthe book contains heavy mathematical content, Ellenberg states, \u201cMr. Cook\u0027s\naffable style means that you\u0027re never too far from an enjoyable historical\nanecdote or an offbeat application of a problem that has interested some of the\nbest minds in applied math for most of a century and that shows no signs of\ngetting stale.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECook, also an adjunct professor in the School of\nMathematics, is the author or editor of seven books, including \u003Cem\u003EThe Traveling Salesman Problem: A\nComputational Study\u003C\/em\u003E which was released in 2006. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBill Cook continues to\nreceive notable reviews for his new book \u003Cem\u003EIn\nPursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation\u003C\/em\u003E, recently being featured in \u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/em\u003E, as well as \u003Cem\u003EThe\nWall Street Journal\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2012-03-15 16:18:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:52","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"117121":{"id":"117121","type":"image","title":"Bill Cook\u0027s suggested routes for the traveling salesman","body":null,"created":"1449178241","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:41","changed":"1475894736","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:36","alt":"Bill Cook\u0027s suggested routes for the traveling salesman","file":{"fid":"194251","name":"rv-ag149_salesm_g_20120309015709.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rv-ag149_salesm_g_20120309015709_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rv-ag149_salesm_g_20120309015709_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":37368,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rv-ag149_salesm_g_20120309015709_0.jpg?itok=bsj9bP_k"}}},"media_ids":["117121"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11342","name":"Bill Cook"},{"id":"17631","name":"In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}