Inside OR

The March 2023 edition of the newsletter of The OR Society

This month, we warmly welcome our new ED, Seb Hargreaves, ask if the Metaverse is our future, and look at student attitudes to mathematics.

Leader: Early reflections from the new ED

This month, we warmly welcome our new ED, Seb Hargreaves, ask if the Metaverse is our future, and look at student attitudes to mathematics.

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The Metaverse

Nigel Cummings looks at the evolution of the internet, the Metaverse, and asks if it is just another buzzword or our future?

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Taxi surge pricing study

Surge pricing — the practice of boosting ride-hailing fares during spikes in demand, is one of the most annoying occurrences to consider when ordering a taxi via a telephone app. It tends to benefit part-time taxi drivers but not full-time drivers according to a study led by Wei Miao, UCL.

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Attitudes towards mathematics

A research study done by Robert Wakhata and colleagues, of the African Centre of Excellence for Innovative Teaching and Learning Mathematics and Science (ACEITLMS), University of Rwanda, has provided insight into students’ positive attitude towards mathematics which leads to better performance.

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