Proceedings of the Mathematics in Industry Study Group 2011

Abstract

MISG 2011

Melbourne, Australia

6--11 February 2011

This Special Section of the ANZIAM Journal (Electronic Supplement) contains the refereed papers from the 2011 Mathematics and Statistics in Industry Study Group (MISG 2011) held at RMIT University in 6--11 February 2011. The MISG is a special interest meeting of ANZIAM, the Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM) division of the Australian Mathematics Society. The MISG meetings take place annually and provide a forum where problems proposed by industry can be worked on intensively, by high profile scientists in the fields of Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research, from Australia, New Zealand and the world beyond, along with representatives from the industries proposing the problems.

Five problems were presented from diverse industries, with 73 delegates participating.

All the papers were written by the problem moderators in consultation with the company representatives. The manuscripts were submitted to the editors; Associate Professor John Shepherd, Dr Andrew Stacey and Professor Tony Roberts; and were subsequently refereed by two expert referees. On the advice of the referees manuscripts were accepted for publication, subject to the recommended revisions, and formally approved by the editorial committee.

• Director: Associate Professor John Shepherd
• Deputy Directors: Dr John Gear and Dr Lynne McArthur
• Administrative Officer: Ms Leanne O'Doherty

Two invited speakers presented at the conference:

• Rheometric Analysis of Non-Newtonian Sheet Flow
  Professor Paul Slatter, Rheology & Materials Processing Centre, RMIT University
• Unknown, Inconsistent and a Million Dollars
  Professor W Whiten, Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre, The University of Queensland

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge support from the following organisations:

• EPA Victoria;
• Defence Science and Technology Organization;
• New Zealand Steel;
• Transpower;
• Fonterra;
• ANZIAM;
• AMSI;
• RMIT University.

We are also grateful to Dr Geoff Prince, Director AMSI, for his opening address, and to Dr Bob Anderssen of CSIRO for his closing remarks.

Equation free summaries

• Allowing for ‘worst case’ wind farms correlations in delivering secure power system operations
• Vanadium recovery during steel production from iron sand
• Test procedure equivalence
• Setting Water Quality Objectives to Ensure the Health of Freshwater Fish
• Capability management, fleet management and sustainability