A National Taught Course Centre in Operational Research (NATCOR)

OR社区对《国际数学评论》（International Review of MathematicsIndeed）中表达的英国博士培训（的广度和深度）表示担忧，我们认为它们适用于OR。2004年审查或在英国的研究现状，阐述了额外的concens关于少数英国研究人员或工作的数学基础和其潜在的影响，英国的能力，以维持强大的影响力，对国际研究议程。相应的挑战提出了在或审查，无论是研究理事会（有关，除其他外，博士培训的支持或）和或社区。本建议涉及教授课程提供博士生在数学或。它得到了史密斯研究所的支持，与OR协会作为合作伙伴，并形成了一个协调的一套回应审查的挑战，从OR社区的战略组成部分。该提案旨在实现一个显着提高的广度，为所有博士生提供的培训的质量和吸引力（特别是那些由EPSRC资助）工作的数学或通过授课课程的规定。目前无法提供所设想的广度和水平。地方一级缺乏临界质量意味着只有通过国家联盟才能提供跨学科的卓越服务以及可行的学生人数。我们相信，计划中的规定将大大有助于加强招聘到博士课程在OR和建立一个更强大的连接社区的博士生工作的数学基础，英国研究的长期利益。

The OR community shares the concerns about (the breadth and depth of) UK PhD training expressed in the International Review of Mathematicsindeed, we would argue that they apply to OR with particular force. The 2004 Review of the Research Status of OR in the UK articulated additional concens about the small number of UK researchers in OR working on mathematical foundations and its potential impact on the UK's capacity to sustain a strong influence on the international research agenda. Consequential challenges were posed in the OR Review, both to the research councils (concerning, inter alia, the support of PhD training in OR) and to the OR community. This proposal concerns taught course provision for PhD students in the mathematics of OR. It has the support of the Smith Institute, with the OR Society as collaborating partner, and forms a strategic part of a co-ordinated set of responses to the Review's challenges from the OR community.The proposal aims to achieve a significant enhancement of the breadth, quality and attractiveness of the training available to all PhD students (and especially those funded by EPSRC) working in the mathematics of OR through taught course provision. Provision of the breadth and at the level envisaged is currently not available. Absence of critical mass at a local level means that excellence of provision across the subject together with viable student numbers can only be delivered through a national consortium. We believe that the planned provision will in addition contribute significantly to the strengthening of recruitment into PhD programmes in OR and to the building of a more strongly connected community of PhD students working on mathematical foundations, to the long term benefit of UK research.