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The International Symposium on |
Proceedings of the
36th International Symposium on Military OR
23rd to 26th July 2019
36 ISMOR was dedicated to the memory of David Faddy (1933-2018) and Gene Visco (1927-2019)
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| Opening keynote address | Air Commodore Mike Baulkwill. Head of Capability Strategy, Ministry of Defence, UK | Presentation |
| Ronnie Shephard Memorial Address | Dr Simon Goerger, President, Military Operations Research Society, US | Address |
Dedication and awards |
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Presentations and papers |
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Tuesday 23rd July |
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| A novel hybrid modelling approach | Andy Kinder, AREQ Consulting, and Bharat Patel, Dstl, UK | Presentation |
| Airport landside security screening modelling | James Adamson and Ian Griffiths, decisionLab Ltd, UK | Presentation |
| Novel AI in wargaming: What would Napoleon do with Red's shoes? | Dr Darrell Jaya-Ratnam, DIEM Analytics Ltd, UK | Presentation |
| Military Operations Research Society (MORS) - Present and Future | Dr Simon Goerger, President, MORS, US | Presentation |
| Assessment of air power concepts for the Swedish Air Force - a multimethod approach | Christian Carling and Anders Tavemark, FOI, Sweden | Presentation |
| Modelling complex warfighting - a strategic research investment | Cayt Rowe, DSTG, Australia | Presentation |
| Influence and Infrastructure Combat Model human terrain modelling | David Robson, NSC, UK | Presentation |
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Wednesday 24th July
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| Harnessing the power of the recreational games market for decision support | Nick Bell, Dstl, and Iain McNeil and JD McNeil, Slitherine/Matrix Games, UK | Presentation |
| A new approach to military understanding, decision-making and operational planning | David Simmonds, TPG/Polaris, and Dr Stuart Burdett, Sandbox, UK |
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| Balancing supply and demand for radio frequency spectrum | Dr Jakob Blaavand, Smith Institute, UK | Presentation |
| Canadian Coastguard - Value for money through analysis of vessel life extension | David Jones, QinetiQ, UK | Presentation |
Thursday 25th July |
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| Accepting - and understanding - uncertainty: the use of history for military OR&A | Dr Brad Gladman, Dr Peter Archambault and Neil Chuka, DRDC, Canada |
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| PFT7 Main Execution Wargame: soft OA supporting hard decisions | Thomas Russell, Dstl, UK | Presentation |
| Leveraging physics-based simulations for operational analysis: task group air defence case study | Dr Peter Young, DRDC, Canada |
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| Estimation of frequency and duration of future Canadian Armed Forces operations | Dr Peter Dobias, DRDC, Canada |
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| 'Benefits Maturity Matrix' - a pragmatic 'soft' method for managers to measure, track and forecast the achievements of complex programmes | Robin Smith, Arke Ltd, UK | Presentation |
| A simulation-based approach to assess multiple courses of action for diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages (DMSMS) | Jonathan Dukat and Abhishek Paul, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, US | Presentation |
| Efficiency in Defence - With quantifiable inputs and unquantifiable outputs, how do we manage what can't be measured? | Nick Rose, TP Group, and Fiona McCann, BAE Systems CORDA, UK | Presentation |
Friday 26th July |
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| Force mix modelling to assess value for money early in the project lifecycle | Sarah Lee, MBDA, UK | Presentation |
| How optimistic is Defence? Optimism bias in the Equipment Plan | Luke Heley, Economic Advisor, Directorate of Performance and Analysis, MoD UK | Presentation |
| Using sceince and technology to drive efficiency into defence | Carly Porrett, Dstl, UK | Presentation |
| FENPLE - Fuel Endurance Planning Engine | Dr Darrell Jaya-Ratnam, DIEM Analytics Ltd, UK | Presentation |
| 36 ISMOR: themes and trends | Tony Sinden, Decision Analysis Services Ltd, UK | Presentation |
Posters |
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| Wide wet gap crossing | Dr D J Lemon and Dr Nick Walmsley, Dstl, UK | Poster |
| Operational research support to Exercise SALISH SEA 2017 | Cheryl Eisler, Dr Peter Dobias and Dr Trish Huber, DRDC, Canada |
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| Modeling future force demand: Force mix structure design | Dr Peter Dobias, DRDC, Canada |
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| Analysis of complex mission environments: Towards a method for control by flow interdiction | Guido Veldhuis, Bas Keijser, Sebastiaan Deuten and Maarten Michel, TNO, The Netherlands/td> |
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