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Mark Holcroft<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Hi, welcome to my website! I’m a first year PhD student at Lancaster University’s Statistics and Operational Research with industry (STOR-i) CDT. Before joining STOR-i, I completed an MSci in Financial Mathematics also at Lancaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My PhD project is titled “Stochastic Optimisation Approaches to the Storage Location Assignment Problem”. In it, I am working alongside Tesco to create models for warehouse optimisation, with an emphasis on scalability and good modelling practices. I talk about this in my post My PhD Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim of the website is to showcase the work I have been involved in during my PhD. My posts include conferences, papers and training courses, and can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research Diary<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
View CV<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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