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The LANCS (Lancaster, Nottingham, Cardiff and Southampton) Initiative in Foundational Operational Research: Building Theory for Practice

LANCS（兰开斯特、诺丁汉、卡迪夫和南安普顿）基础运筹研究计划：为实践构建理论

基本信息

批准号：
EP/F033613/1
负责人：
R Fildes
金额：
$ 152.98万
依托单位：
Lancaster University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2008
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2008 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FF033613%2F1
关键词：
LANCS Lancaster Nottingham Cardiff Southampton

项目摘要

The United Kingdom is the home of Operational Research (OR) and it maintains an application-oriented research tradition which is both true to its roots and which is also highly distinctive, if not unique. Many industries and public services are the beneficiaries of this effort, not least healthcare, finance, transport and defence. However, the EPSRC/ESRC 2004 International Review of the Research Status of OR in the UK warned that this leading position in applied work in OR could be jeopardised in the absence of a critical mass of researchers developing underpinning theory.In the LANCS (Lancaster, Nottingham, Cardiff, Southampton) initiative, four universities, which have been at the forefront of UK research in OR, have committed to a major expansion of research capacity in its theoretical foundations, supported by the additional resources available as a result of the current Science and Innovation call. The universities concerned have already worked together in the creation of NATCOR, an EPSRC-supported initiative aimed at strengthening doctoral programmes in the mathematics of OR. They have also evidenced their commitment to the subject by recent decisions (in advance of this call) to invest substantially in it.In total, the LANCS initiative will oversee additional new investment of approximately 12M through the five year period of the award, of which more than half comes from the institutions themselves. All the institutions have also committed to sustaining this additional capacity beyond the five year EPSRC funded period. This will have a major impact on the subject. The initiative aims to build and maintain a substantial new national capacity in its theoretical base by establishing this major cross-institutional and multi-disciplinary collaboration. Such a programme is crucial to support the health of the application oriented research which was highlighted as such a strength by the 2004 international review. Indeed, the main motivation of this proposal is to underpin the health of the UK research base in this critically important area. This far sighted initiative aims to establish theoretical advances in the field which are informed by, and which feed into, real applications.

英国是运筹学（OR）的发源地，它保持着一种以应用为导向的研究传统，这种传统既忠于其根源，又非常独特，如果不是独一无二的话。许多行业和公共服务都是这一努力的受益者，尤其是医疗、金融、交通和国防。然而，EPSRC/ESRC 2004年关于英国手术室研究现状的国际评论警告说，如果没有足够多的研究人员发展基础理论，手术室在应用工作中的领先地位可能会受到威胁。在LANCS（兰开斯特，诺丁汉，卡迪夫，南安普敦）倡议中，四所大学一直处于英国研究OR的前沿，他们致力于扩大其理论基础的研究能力，并得到当前科学与创新呼吁所提供的额外资源的支持。有关大学已经共同努力建立了NATCOR，这是epsrc支助的一项倡议，旨在加强手术室数学方面的博士课程。它们最近（在这次电话会议之前）决定对这一主题进行大量投资，也证明了它们对这一主题的承诺。总体而言，LANCS计划将在该奖项的五年期间监督大约1200万美元的额外新投资，其中一半以上来自院校本身。所有院校也承诺在EPSRC资助的五年期间之后继续维持这种额外的能力。这将对这门学科产生重大影响。该倡议旨在通过建立这一重大的跨机构和多学科合作，在其理论基础上建立和维持大量新的国家能力。这种方案对于支持面向应用的研究的健康至关重要，2004年的国际审查强调了这一优势。事实上，这项提议的主要动机是巩固英国在这一至关重要领域的研究基地的健康。这一富有远见的倡议旨在建立该领域的理论进展，这些进展是由实际应用所提供的，并为实际应用提供支持。