Mathematics, statistics and operational research project B: Book of Abstracts 2014-2016

This collection of abstracts represents student work over the course of two academic years. It highlights the wide variety of project topics that are run under the banner of MSOR (b) projects.The motivation behind the research topics chosen by students doing this project module is varied. It can arise from personal interests, from placement experience, or research topics can be driven by collaborations with partners both inside and outside of UWE.Some projects presented here using real data collaborating with partners have associated reporting restrictions. The others, either based on using simulations or publically available data, or based on theoretical work, have no such restrictions.Each year has a separate table of contents. The advisors names have been included beside each project title to help inform potential students about the type of topics that staff members have previously advised upon.We want to congratulate those graduates whose research is included in this collection and thank them for the time and effort they have given in undertaking their projects. I am honoured to share in our graduates’ success and delighted to have this opportunity to open up their work to a wider audience. We wish all our graduates every success in their future