PUBLISHED WORK
2024
Potgieter L, Human DJ, Downing S, 2024, Combining sterile insect releases with refuge areas to delay the evolution of resistance to Bt sugarcane: an agent based modelling approach, accepted for publication.
Callaghan HJ, Potgieter L, Le Roux N, 2024, A vehicle routing and scheduling model for mobile clinics in the Witzenberg region of South Africa, accepted for publication.
2023
Human DJ, Potgieter L, 2023, Landscape configurations of refuge areas that delay the evolution of resistance to Bt sugarcane: an agent based modelling approach, Journal of Economic Entomology 116(4):1360-1371.
Fouotsa Manfouo NC, Potgieter L, Watson A, Nel JH, 2023, A comparison of the statistical downscaling and long-short-term-memory artificial neural network for long-term temperature and precipitations forecasting, Atmosphere 14(4):708.
2021
Matter DM, Potgieter L, 2021, Allocating epidemic response teams and vaccine deliveries by drone in generic network structures according to expected prevented exposures, PLoS ONE 16(3): e0248053.
2018
Van Vuuren BJ, Potgieter L & Van Vuuren JH, 2018, An agent-based simulation model of Eldana saccharina Walker, Natural Resource Modeling, 2017;00:e12153.
2017
Van Schalkwyk H, Potgieter L, Hui C, 2017, The development of a spatio-temporal model for water hyacinth biological control strategies, Mathematical and Computational Forestry and Natural-Resource Sciences, 9(1), pp.30-42.
2016
Potgieter L, Van Vuuren JH & Conlong DE, 2016, Simulation modelling as a decision support in developing a sterile insect-inherited sterility release strategy for Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Florida Entomologist, 99, pp.13-22.
2015
Potgieter L, Van Vuuren JH & Conlong DE, 2015, The role of heterogeneous agricultural landscapes in the suppression of pest species following random walk dispersal patterns, Ecological Modelling, 306, pp 240-246.
Van Vuuren BJ, Potgieter L & Van Vuuren JH, 2015, An agent-based simulation model describing the lek mating of E. saccharina, Proceedings of 2015 ORSSA Annual Conference, Johannesburg, pp.1-11
2014
Van Vuuren BJ, Potgieter L & Van Vuuren JH, 2014, Prerequisites for the design of an agent-based model for simulating the population dynamics of Eldana saccharina Walker, Proceedings of the 2014 ORSSA Annual Conference, Parys, pp.62-70
2013
Potgieter L, Van Vuuren JH & Conlong DE, 2013, A reaction-diffusion model for the control of Eldana saccharina Walker in sugarcane using the sterile insect technique, Ecological Modelling, 250, pp.319-328.
2012
Potgieter L, Van Vuuren JH & Conlong DE, 2012, Modelling the effects of the sterile insect technique applied to Eldana saccharina Walker in sugarcane, ORiON, 28(2), pp.59-84.
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS
2020
Noé Caréme Fouotsa Manfouo, PhD (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
Co-supervisor: Hannelie Nel
2016
Brian van Vuuren, PhD (Industrial Engineering)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
Co-supervisors: Jan van Vuuren and James Bekker
MASTERS THESES
2023
The development of an Eldana risk index
Philip Prinsloo, MSc (Operations research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
Co-supervisor: Hannelie Nel
2021
Die evaluering van die produksievloei by 'n jogurtfabriek in Suid-Afrika
Annelie Wessels, MCom (Quantitative Management)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
2020
A cellular automaton for improving sugarcane field layouts for pest control
Pieter de Wet, MCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
2019
An agent-based simulation modelling approach to assessing various refuge strategies in Bt sugarcane
Dirk Johannes Human, MCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
A simulation model of an Ebola epidemic to investigate the effectiveness of intervention strategies
Kyle van Heerden, MSc (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
2018
A heuristic approach for solving the deterministic and stochastic air crew pairing problem
Thloni Masipa, MSc (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
Co-supervisor: Mapundi Banda (UP)
2017
Meta-heuristic approaches to portfolio optimisation
Bryce Senekal, MCom (Quantitative Management)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
2016
A spatio-temporal model for improving biological control strategies for water hyacinth
Heléne van Schalkwyk, MCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
Co-supervisor: Cang Hui
4th YEAR RESEARCH PROJECTS
2023
Mobile clinic deployment in the Witzenberg region of South Africa
Hannah Jarvis, HonsBCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
2021
An agent-based model for the control of Eldana saccharina Walker using the sterile insect technique in combination with refuge areas in Bt sugarcane
Samantha Downing, HonsBCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
2020
A mixed-integer programming model for scheduling anaesthetists at Tygerberg Hospital
Michelle de Beer, HonsBCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
2019
A combined resource allocation and epidemic model to evaluate UAV vaccine delivery and team allocation strategies for measles outbreak response
Dean Michael Matter, HonsBCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
2018
A discrete event simulation model of an outpatient clinic in the Western Cape
Annelie Wessels, HonsBCom (Quantitative Management)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
An ordinary differential equation model for refugia planning in a Bt-sugarcane scenario
Mashoto Maselela, HonsBCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
2017
A systems dynamics approach for investigating intervention strategies for the Ebola virus disease
Kyle van Heerden, HonsBSc (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
2015
Doctor scheduling in the Karl Bremer Emergency Centre
Candice Muller, HonsBCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
Portfolio selection from the JSE Top 40 using modern portfolio theory
Gillian Toplis, HonsBCom (Quantitative Management)
Supervisors: Linke Potgieter & Hannelie Nel
2014
Modelling biological control strategies for water hyacinth
Helene van Schalkwyk, HonsBCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
Modelling predator-prey interactions with cellular automata
Dirk Human, HonsBCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
Comparing strategies of play for the board game Risk
Pieter de Wet, HonsBCom (Operations Research)
Supervisors: Linke Potgieter & Cobus Potgieter
A simulation of The Duck Farm
Kimberley Bailey, HonsBCom (Operations Research)
Supervisors: Linke Potgieter & Cobus Potgieter
2013
The sensitivity of an asset allocation: adjusting for changes
Lehlohonolo Thloni Masipa, HonsBCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter
Optimising portfolio construction
Chanwyn Williams, HonsBCom (Operations Research)
Supervisor: Linke Potgieter