Grant: Canada Research Chairs
Université Laval
$200,000.00
Operations Research in Natural Resources
FY 2023-24
Summary
The chair will contribute tools for well-informed decision-making to natural resource sectors.
Sectors such as forestry, mining, agriculture and energy are vital for providing innovative sources of materials and energy to support a strong, sustainable, and responsible modern bio-social-economy.
Key challenges include collaboration, multiple stakeholders with conflicting objectives, integrated value chains, and many diverse data sources with varied quality. The chair aims to engage in collaborative logistics based on advanced engineering and business analytics to design and plan natural resource value chain networks to eventually increase competitiveness and efficiency, while sustaining its ecosystem services responsibly.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2018-00226
Name nom
Rönnqvist, Mikael
Department département
Département de génie mécanique - Université Laval
Organization id
51
Institution établissement
Université Laval
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
10000
Research subject group en
The field of research available
Research subject group fr
The field of research available
Research subject en
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Research subject fr
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF202
Field of research list names en
Industrial, systems and processes engineering
Field of research list names fr
Génie industriel, des systèmes et des procédés
Application title
Operations Research in Natural Resources
Keyword
Collaborative logistics
Operations Research
Decision ; Support Systems
Optimization
Natural Resources
Application summary
The chair will contribute tools for well-informed decision-making to natural resource sectors.
Sectors such as forestry, mining, agriculture and energy are vital for providing innovative sources of materials and energy to support a strong, sustainable, and responsible modern bio-social-economy.
Key challenges include collaboration, multiple stakeholders with conflicting objectives, integrated value chains, and many diverse data sources with varied quality. The chair aims to engage in collaborative logistics based on advanced engineering and business analytics to design and plan natural resource value chain networks to eventually increase competitiveness and efficiency, while sustaining its ecosystem services responsibly.
