Title :
PhD training in simulation: NATCOR
Author :
Pidd, Michael ; Robinson, Stewart ; Davies, Ruth ; Hoad, Kathryn ; Cheng, Russell
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage. Sci., Lancaster Univ., Lancaster, UK
Abstract :
To provide a broader education for Operational Research PhD students in the UK, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funds the National Taught Course Centre for Operational Research (NATCOR). This is an initiative led by six UK universities and includes a one-week, residential simulation module taught for the first time in July 2009. We describe the background to NATCOR, summarize its content and reflect on its further development.
Keywords :
educational courses; educational institutions; further education; mathematics; operations research; NATCOR; PhD training; UK university; national taught course centre; operational research; physical science research council; Analytical models; Biological system modeling; Computational modeling; Data models; Educational institutions; Mathematical model; Training;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2010 Winter
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9866-6
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2010.5679152
