| Info-Gap Decision Theory | Voodoo Decision-Making | Robust Decisions | Severe Uncertainty | Satisficing vs Optimizing | Maximin |
It is public knowledge that I have been overworked and underpaid over the past nineteen years. I shall therefore not dwell on this sad story here.
I had the opportunity to travel overseas for extended periods of time via the "Sabbatical Leave" scheme. It was a very wise and enjoyable thing to do!
Now that I have retired, I am on a long sabbatical "leave"! I plan to continue my research and other academic activities.
I'll consider any reasonable proposal, especially from individuals and/or organisations in Australia and the local neighbourhood.
In addition to teaching and research in the areas of my expertise, other possibilities for my sabbatical are:
- I spend a great deal of time these days on the topic "decision-making under severe uncertainty". This has to do with the use of non-probabilisitc methods for the treatment of severe uncertainty in decision-making. I am writing a book entitled
The Rise and Rise of Voodoo Decision-Making and I would love to work with other analysts on this topic.
- I have recently initiated a campaign to contain the spread of voodoo decision theories -- including Info-Gap Decision Theory -- in Australia. If you are interested in decision making under strict uncertainty you might be interested in joining this campaign.
- I'll be delighted to establish contacts with OR persons who are interested in developing teaching material for the World Wide Web and I shall be happy to give workshops/courses on this topic and develop web modules to suit you special needs.
- With regard to my work on Composite Concave Programming, I am interested in collaborating with LP/QP software developers on the development of commercial Composite Concave Linear Programming software.
- My favourite research area is still Dynamic Programming. I shall be delighted to share my expertise with analysts interested in the modelling aspects of DP and in particular in the relationship between DP, branch and bound and constraint programming. I am also interested in the development of user friendly, commercial, (almost) general-purpose DP software.
Note that an extended visit to your place will put your place on the world-map!
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