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Math Forum / Mathematics / Operations Research / January 2008Applications of OR modelling
Good day, I'd like to ask you guys what fields are just new to the application of OR modelling. I need to do a thesis for the graduate program I am about next year and would like to start reading some stuff. About 2 years ago, a lot of studies were done for supply chains/logistics applications. I've been looking at applications for service industries but was not really that interested in it. Can any of you point me to links or or suggest topics where maybe I can read things about emerging concepts and industries that use OR, particularly mathematical modelling? By the way, I joined this group a few months back because I was having problems in solving the model in my undergraduate thesis. Dr. Paul Rubin answered all my questions and I forgot to thank him. If you can read this, thank you sir! mark > I'd like to ask you guys what fields are just new to the application > of OR modelling. I need to do a thesis for the graduate program I am [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > about emerging concepts and industries that use OR, particularly > mathematical modelling? Well, "new" is a relative concept. OR (and MP in particular) are applied to a variety of problems in health care, ranging from policy decisions (there were articles about needle distribution in Management Science back in the '80s or '90s) to more "tactical" issues (such as pattern recognition/classification in radiology). At this year's INFORMS meeting, there was a presentation on the use of a math programming model to optimize decisions relating to the scanning of a subject (can't remember if this was CAT, MRI or what). So some of the health care apps are old, but some are relatively new. A few years ago I was engaged in a discussion with a then-Ph. D. candidate who was using MP models to study ways to configure organic molecules or compounds. (At least I think that was the underlying issue -- I never got the full details of the application.) I believe her specific problem was related to diabetes, but I won't swear to that. > By the way, I joined this group a few months back because I was having > problems in solving the model in my undergraduate thesis. Dr. Paul > Rubin answered all my questions and I forgot to thank him. If you can > read this, thank you sir! You're welcome. :-) /Paul > lao.mar...@gmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > /Paul I'll check out the studies done in the informs journals. Thanks for the heads up! mark >> lao.mar...@gmail.com wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > mark You're welcome. Incidentally, the radiological application I mentioned was the Edelman award winner. The presentation was by Eva K. Lee of Georgia Tech. You can see the abstract at https://informs.emeetingsonline.com/emeetings/formbuilder/clustersessiondtl.asp? csnno=7747&mmnno=167&ppnno=28708. I went to the presentation and found it quite interesting. /Paul > lao.mar...@gmail.com wrote: > >> lao.mar...@gmail.com wrote: [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > > /Paul Thanks again. The research seemed very interesting, and was very useful. |
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