There must be many groups like this these days. There's one large lab I know [1] where they use a pile of statistics, modelling and optimisation to investigate

There must be many groups like this these days. There's one large lab I know [1] where they use a pile of statistics, modelling and optimisation to investigate these types of problems. Maybe check out the publications of the group leader [2]. [1] http://www.possinghamlab.org/ http://www.possinghamlab.org/ [2] https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=lSYOB3cAAAAJ&hl=en https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=lSYOB3cAAAAJ&hl...