Classified meetings, where necessary, are special events and require a MoD sponsor. The group holds meetings about four times a year, generally in the afternoon at Farnborough, or evenings in central London. Meetings are generally of the form of a single paper, followed by general discussion. The role of Artificial Intelligence in OA Two faces of Soft OR for Military OA Capturing the human decision making process in elegantly simple models. The group has also held a two-day residential workshop on the future of defence operational research.
Membership is open to anyone with an interest in applying OR methods to defence.
Activities are steered by a small committee, and volunteers are always welcome. The Simulation Methods Expert Group - The dominant method of choice for defence analysts is simulation modelling. Two Faces of Soft OR in Military OA - article reviewing the session which took place on the 2nd June at Whittle Theatre, DERA Farnborough. Ken is the first Professor of Defence Engineering at University College, London, after having a distinguished career as a senior civil servant in the Ministry of Defence. The viewgraphs he used, which give a good summary of his talk, are available here '.