Christmas 2015: Advent calendar of research
In the run up to Christmas I have been posting each day that is (loosely) related to Research and Knowledge Exchange, and is also Christmas related. I thought it worthwhile just summarsing them here so that you can take a look at them from from one easily accessible place. Deck the halls with research stories […]
What is Operations Research?
This post was originally posted on a University of Nottingham blog. What is Operations Research (OR)? The terms Operations Research (American term) and Operational Research (European term) are used interchangeably. The discipline is also referred to as: Management Science (most often used in a Business Management sense) Decision Science (less frequently used, but is used […]
General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
Yesterday (5th July 2009) I attended a workshop run by GAMS (run as part of the EURO 2009 conference – see previous post). They provide a piece of software called GAMS (General Algebraic Modeling System: http://www.gams.com) which enables an easy way to develop mathematical models and then solve them by calling various solvers (such as […]
EURO 2009 Conference
I am at the EURO conference at the moment (see http://www.euro-2009.de) (the picture was taken during the opening ceremony). This is an annual conference for the European Operational Research Societies. This year it has attracted around 2000 delegates, which was a lot more than we had expected (I know as I am on the main […]
Operational or Operations Research?
Some of my research is carried out in the area of Operations Research. This term is actually the American version. The English version is Operational Research and (although being biased), I believe that this is the correct version, bearing in mind that Operational Research was founded in England (around the time of the Second World […]
Welcome
Welcome to my blog. Through this blog I’d like to discuss areas that are related to my research interests. I will post on an irregular basis as, I am guessing, that there will be more important things to do on many days but I hope to post regularly enough to make it worth visiting every […]