The International Symposium on
Military Operational Research


ISMOR, the world's foremost international conference on defence operational research, was founded in 1984 by the late Professor Ronnie Shephard, who at that time held the chair of operational research (OR) at the UK's Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham. It has been held annually ever since.

ISMOR is officially endorsed and sponsored by the UK Ministry of Defence and is co-sponsored by the Defence Special Interest Group of the OR Society.  Long-standing support is also provided by the Military Operations Research Society in the US.

Each year, at the Symposium Dinner, a distinguished guest speaker delivers the Ronnie Shephard Memorial Address.

An archive of papers from past Symposia is maintained by Cranfield University.

27th ISMOR

The 27th International Symposium on Military OR will be held from

31st August to 3rd September 2010

at New Place, near Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, UK.

The theme of the symposium will be
The Use of 'Soft' Methods in Military Operational Research.

The Calling Notice will be posted on this website by the end of February.


You may also be interested in the Cornwallis Group, a spin-off from ISMOR which runs an annual workshop, usually in Canada, on analysis related to peace support operations.

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