Successful projects
Centre for Research in Intelligent Systems - Constraints and Optimisation
Constraint programming brings a novel software paradigm to optimisation. Developed at Monash in 1987 and now used world-wide, it enables reuse and combination of sophisticated algorithms to solve complex problems, for example in the transport, energy, personnel management, manufacturing, agriculture and finance sectors.
Solving large scale integrated scheduling problems in the airline industry
A senior airline manager once remarked that it is a miracle every time a plane takes off, referring not to the miracle of flight, but to the miracle of organisation that brings all the specialised resources together at the right time, in the right place. Running a profitable commercial airline is an extraordinarily complex logistics challenge making it an ideal test-bed for developing the next generation of optimisation and constraint solving algorithms and technologies. Funded by an ARC Linkage Grant, and working with industry partner CTI, Monash researchers aim to simultaneously determine the flight schedule, fleeting, aircraft rotations and crew tours of duty, thus minimising the costs of aircraft operation, and maximising profit.
Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics (COSI) - Health Informatics
Health Informatics explores the application of ICT to the delivery of health care services and quality information to health consumers.
Breast Cancer Knowledge Online
Women with breast cancer need timely access to quality information to make health and lifestyle decisions. Needs vary according to factors like disease stage, age, and location. Working with BreastCare Victoria and the Breast Cancer Action Group in an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project, COSI researchers analysed the diverse information needs of women with breast cancer and built the BCKOnline Portal. It matches user needs profiles with relevant information resources to provide customised access to breast cancer knowledge online.
Smart Information Portals: Empowering healthcare consumers
This ARC Discovery Project aims to design smart information portals (SIP) that are responsive to consumer needs relating to informed decision-making about treatment, lifestyle choices and interaction with health care professionals. SIPs will provide access to reliable, quality information, and allow for personalised searching and relevance ranking. They will support government initiatives to promote good health, patient empowerment, and greater treatment compliance.
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