Exploring Operations Research with R

Exploring Operations Research with R shows how the R Programming language can be a valuable tool – and way of thinking – that can be successfully applied to the field of operations research (OR). This approach is centred on the idea of the future OR professional as someone who can combine knowledge of key OR techniques (e.g. simulation, linear programming, data science, and network science) with an understanding of R, including tools for data representation, manipulation, and analysis. The core aim of the book is to provide a self-contained introduction to R (both Base R and the tidyverse) and show how this knowledge can be applied to a range of OR challenges in the domains of public health, infectious diseases, and energy generation, and so provide a platform to develop actionable insights to support decision making.FeaturesCan serve as a primary textbook for a comprehensive course in R, with applications in Operations ResearchSuitable for post-graduate students in operations research and data science, with a focus on the computational perspective of operations research. The book will also be of interest to professional OR practitioners as part of their continuing professional developmentLinked to a Github repository including code, solutions, data sets and other ancillary material.

Jim Duggan is a Personal Professor in Computer Science at the University of Galway, Ireland. He lectures courses in R, MATLAB, and System Dynamics,and is a certified RStudio tidyverse instructor. His research interests are interdisciplinary, and focus on the use of simulation and computational methods tosupport public health policy. You can learn more about Jim’s work on R and computation modelling on his GitHub site https://github.com/JimDuggan.