Professor Michael Pidd
Emeritus ProfessorProfile
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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
Current Teaching
- Postgraduate: MSc OR: Computer Simulation, MSc E-Business & Innovation: Managing complexity
- Post-Experience: Lancord: Managing Complexity. Computer simulation
- Other Teaching Competence: Soft OR, Methodology of OR/Management Science, Operations Management.
Qualifications
B Tech Brunel, MSc Birmingham, PhD Lancaster
Research Grants
Current and 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.
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.
Membership of board
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Visiting an external academic institution
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Election to learned society
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Election to learned society
- Health Systems
- Simulation and Stochastic Modelling
- STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training