Teaching

• Postgraduate : MSc OR: Computer Simulation, MSc 3-Business & Innovation: Managing complexity
• Post-Experience : Lancord: Managing Complexity. Computer simulation
• Other Teaching Competence : Soft OR, Methodology of OR/Management Science, Operations Management.

Research Interests

• Discrete computer simulation methods, especially for large systems.
• Performance measurement in public services
• Improvement in public services, especially healthcare
• Soft OR and decision support.

Current Research

• Complementarity in systems modelling.
• High performance computers and computer simulation.
• Use of soft OR methods in policy making.
• Modelling to improve performance measurement in public services

Research Grants

Current & recent research council funded projects:

• Advanced Institute of Management Research: ESRC funded fellowship used to examine performance measurement in public services. 2004/5
• Using high performance computers to simulate high speed manufacturing plant, funded by EPSRC, 2004-2006.
• SImulation modelling to assess the effects of NHS performance measurement on acute hospitals. EPSRC, 2005-2008.

Profile

See my personal web-site: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/smamp/default.html