Optimizing Things in the USSR (2016)
If you are interested in this, I recommend reading up on Chile&#x27;s attempted central economic control system [1]. Rather than trying to find an optimal solution with linear algebra, they used cybernetics - apply adjustments in a feedback control system rather than attempt to pre-determine the entire economy.<p>This system was never completed because of the (US backed) coup by Pinochet.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;99percentinvisible.org&#x2F;episode&#x2F;project-cybersyn&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;99percentinvisible.org&#x2F;episode&#x2F;project-cybersyn&#x2F;</a>