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Church, Richard L. |
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University of California, Santa Barbara |
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Human Environmental Sciences |
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Church’s research examines the development and application of spatial optimization models. |
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Research Interests
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As a geographer my principal research focus centers on the development and application of spatial optimization models. The emphasis is on the optimal configuration, design, and operation of systems defined over space and time and has included applications of logistics and transportation including urban transportation, water resource systems planning, energy planning, urban and environmental systems, and biological conservation. I have also specialized in studying critical infrastructure and the fragility of critical supply systems, forest planning in order to produce fire resilient landscapes, emergency response and evacuation, optimal resource allocation, and location theory. To support this research my work has involved the development of new models and specialized solution approaches in Operations Research (both optimal and heuristic), new methods to efficiently characterize spatial data, and the integration of modeling techniques within the framework of Geographical Information Systems. |
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