XII Summer School 2018. Master in Statistics and Operations Research. UPC-UB

Title of the course:  Operations Research (OR) Applications in Natural Resources: Industrial and Ecological Perspectives.
Instructors:
Eduardo Álvarez‐Miranda. Universidad de Talca. Chile,
Jordi García‐Gonzalo. Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC). Solsona.

Course contents:
Day 1: Current challenges in the forest sector: Climate change and sustainability.
Day 2: The response of OR to new (and old) challenges in the forestry sector: Models, algorithms and analysis I.
Day 3: The response of OR to new (and old) challenges in the forestry sector: Models, algorithms and analysis I II.
Day 4: Current challenges in the design of policies for the conservation and recovery of biodiversity.
Day 5: OR at the service of conservation and recovery of biodiversity: State of the art and new works.

Schedule: July 16th to 20th, from 15:00 to 18:00. Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona. Spain.

Course language: English

Registering proposal at https://mesioupcub.masters.upc.edu/en/xii-summer-school-2018