A report 'Computational Modelling: Technological Futures'
has just been published by the Government Office for Science in the United Kingdom.
The report aims to demonstrate the UK's capabilities in this area and to consider how these can be fully exploited both now and into the future. Areas covered by the document include modelling in business and manufacturing, cities and infrastructure, finance and economics, the environment, and also public policy and highlights successful case studies in these areas.
The report is a Blackett Review – named after PMS Blackett, the 'Father of Operational Research'. Blackett Reviews provide a process by which government engages with academia and industry to provide fresh, multi-disciplinary thinking in a specific area.
The report (free download) can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/computational-modelling-blackett-reviewThe UK OR Society website features the launch and has comments:
The OR Society: Blog - ORS response to Computational Modelling: Technological Futures report
For INFORMS members looking for evidence of the widespread importance attached to modelling and for case studies - to use with potential clients and/or students - the report is a useful resource.
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David Lane
Professor of Business Informatics
Henley Business School
Reading
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