SURGOR RESEARCH AREAS
NATURAL RESOURCES
Natural resource management brings together aspects such as land use planning, water management, biodiversity conservation, and the future sustainability of industries like agriculture, mining, fisheries, and forestry. Operations research can aid in the analysis and efficient management of natural resources.
HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS
Humanitarian operations save lives, alleviates suffering and maintains human dignity following conflict, shocks and natural disasters. Among the people in need belong refugees, victims of natural disasters, epidemics, wars and famines. Humanitarian problems are becoming increasingly pressing and complex and require more support in decision-making.
HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
One of the fundamental challenges in healthcare management is to achieve, with limited funding, an efficient utilisation of expensive resources, while maintaining or increasing the quality of care for an increasing population. Operations research can and have played an important role in answering this question.
OTHER
Every now and again, some of our members venture out into the world of other research areas not specifically related to our main research focus. These have included portfolio optimisation in the world of finance, and aircraft crew scheduling.