Seminar
At 2 pm on Friday 24th January 2003
in Lecture Theatre C103 Graduate School, Lancaster University
O.R. in the Community; A work in progress
Dr. Rebecca Herron,
Senior Research Fellow,
Community OR Unit,
Lincoln University
Community O.R. may be seen as an extension of existing O.R.
techniques to relatively new client group(s) or it may be seen as a
new sub-discipline composed of new approaches to different
problems. It could of course also be seen as a fertile area of
applied research where both scenarios might occur.
This talk will look at the activities of the Community O.R. group at
Lincoln University and the ways in which researchers there are
trying to explore the topic. Research will be presented that
extends familiar techniques to address issues at a community
scale as well as an analysis of some of the questions of interest in
our local community. Reflections from the audience about the
challenges and potential for developing theory and practice in this
field would be warmly invited.
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