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> 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. >