HARTLEY CONSULTING

I have supported more than twenty different clients, many on multiple projects. Most of the clients have been within the Department of Defense. I have also supported clients within the Departments of Justice, Commerce and Energy. In addition, I have supported NATO and both for-profit and non-profit corporations.

Thirty-two of the short descriptions are linked to more extensive descriptions or examples. The page describing the requirements for analytical tools to support Operations Other Than War (OOTW) is linked to a multi-page description, which provides a partial description of the project results.

Over the years, I have been involved in multiple projects in some areas.  OOTW  has been one of these areas.  OOTW is also known as Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW), Stability and Support Operations (SASO), Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR) Operations. The social theory basis is known as Human, Social, Cultural Behavior (HSCB) modeling.  The technical approach is known as Diplomatic, Informational, Military, Economic / Political, Military, Economic, Societal, Information, Infrastructure (DIME/PMESII) modeling.  Ontologies support the description of the domain.  Verification and Validation (V&V), historical combat research, and psychopharmacology algorithms have also been major areas of continuing work.

The keyword shortcuts in the sidebar to the left permit access to potential areas of interest, with links to projects addressing that area. The range of topics indicates the multi-disciplinary nature of typical OR projects. Although some of the topics have been relevant for only one or two projects, many have been significant parts of numerous projects.

The thumbnails to the right and below are examples of products from seven different projects, with links provided to descriptions of the projects.

PMESII Modeling: ISSM

Independent V&V: TAC CONTENDER

The DIME/PMESII Model VV&A Tool

Ontologiess

Independent V&V: SIMNET

Until mid-2001, I was Senior Member of the Research Staff at the Department of Energy Oak Ridge facilities and Senior Scientist of the Center for Modeling, Simulation, and Gaming in the Advanced Computing Technologies (ACT) Division. I joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1986, working in the Energy Division, at that time managed and operated by Martin Marietta Energy Systems. My group moved to DSRD at the K-25 Plant under Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, then moved to Corporate control. Later we moved to the Y-12 Plant and changed the division name to ACT.

I worked at Milliken & Co., a textile firm, from 1977 to 1986. I started in middle management in the Operations Research Department, staying for two years, moved into Production Planning for several years, and then spent two years in Marketing, applying OR in each position.

I served four years active duty in the Army (1973-1977) and several years in the reserves. A Vietnam Veteran, I completed the Signal Officer Basic Course and the Signal Officer Advanced Course. My active duty station was at the Command and Control Technical Center (CCTC, later renamed JDSSC) in the Pentagon, supporting The Joint Staff's combat modeling activities.

During college and graduate school, I also worked:  as research assistant at the Psychometric Laboratory, UNC (1966), as polymer chemistry lab technician at Deering Milliken Research Corporation (1966-1968), as Mathematics Department Head at Milliken Electronics (1968), and as consultant to the Physics Department at Deering Milliken Research Corporation (1968-1970).

More details are available on the education and work history page.

Author of several books and chapters:

• Author of the book, Christian Visions: Marriage and Other Risks, published in 2023,
• Author of the book, Christian Visions: A Novel Perspective, published in 2023.
• Author of the book, Cognitive Superiority: Information to Power, published in 2020;
• Author of the book, An Ontology of Modern Conflict: Including Conventional Combat and Unconventional Conflict, published in 2020;
• Author of the book, An Ontology for Unconventional Conflict, published in 2018;
• author of the book, Unconventional Conflict: A Modeling Perspective, published in 2017;
• author of the book, Predicting Combat Effects, published in 2001;
• author of the book, Quasi-Cellularity in Manifolds, published in 1973;
• co-author of the book, OOTW Analysis and Modeling Techniques (OOTWAMT) Workshop Proceedings, published in 1999; and
• co-author of the book, NATO Code of Best Practice for C² Assessment, published in 2002.
• Author of one chapter and co-author of another chapter in Warfare Modeling, 1995;
• co-author of one chapter in Simulation Data and its Management Mini-Symposium (SIMDATAM '95), 1996;
• author of one chapter in Analytic Approaches to the Study of Future Conflict, 1996;
• author of one chapter in Textbook of Treatment Algorithms in Psychopharmacology, 1999;
• co-author of one chapter in Estimating Impact: A Handbook of Computational Methods for Anticipating Economic, Social, Political and Security Effects in International Interventions, 2010;
• co-author of one chapter and author of another chapter in The Human Social Culture Behavior Modeling Workshop, 2010;
• author of one chapter in Advances in Design for Cross-Cultural Activities, Part II, 2012;
• author of one chapter in Conflict and Complexity, 2015; and
• author of one chapter in Simulation and Wargaming, 2022.