Mark A. Youngren, D.Sc.

6875 Maplecrest Dr. SE

Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Email: Mark_Youngren@gvsu.edu

 

Areas of Professional Interest:

Probability, Statistics, Decision and Risk Analysis, Stochastic Modeling, Simulation, Reliability, C4ISR Systems Modeling and Analysis

 

Academic Appointments:

Adjunct Professor, Grand Valley State University (2007 –)

Adjunct Professor, George Mason University (1999-2005)

Co-Instructor, Johns Hopkins University (2004)

Associate Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University (1998)

Assistant Professor, Naval Postgraduate School (1994-1998) (full-time faculty)

Assistant Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University (1987-1994)

Instructor, US Army Military Intelligence School (1977-1980)

 

Education:

D.Sc., Operations Research, George Washington University, 1988.

M.S., Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, 1983.

M.S., Business Administration, University of Northern Colorado, 1982.

M.A., History, George Mason University, 2006.

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, Honors College, 1976.

 

Professional Recognition:

Richard H. Barchi Prize, Military Operations Research Society

Department of the Army Outstanding Individual Analysis Award (now the Wilbur Payne Memorial Award), Department of the Army

Director’s Award, US Army Concepts Analysis Agency

Commander's Award for Excellence in Operations Research, US Army Training and Doctrine Command

Honorable Mention, David Rist Prize, Military Operations Research Society

Finalist, Koopman Prize, Operations Research Society of America

 

Institutional and professional service in the last five years:

Director, Military Operations Research Society Symposium, 1992 - 2001

Associate Editor, Military Operations Research, 1996 – 2000

Editor-in-Chief, Military Operations Research Analyst’s Handbook, 1990 - 2001

Chair, Operations Research and Intelligence Analysis Group, Military Operations Research

      Society Symposium, 2002 – 2005

Chair, Assessment Tools Group, Military Operations Research Society Workshop on Operations

      Analysis Support to Network Centric Operations, Jan 2004

Chair, C4ISR in Major Theater Warfare, Military Operations Research Society Workshop on

      Advancing C4ISR Assessment, 2000

Courses taught (graduate level classes) and Thesis Supervision:

Decision and Risk Analysis

Principles of C3I Systems

Reliability and Risk Analysis

Operations Research Methods

Probability

Stochastic Processes

Statistics (classical)

Bayesian Statistics

Combat Modeling and Simulation

Test and Evaluation

Decision and Game Theory

Wargaming

Research director or reader for Master’s theses in the following areas:

      - Force Entry Planning Module for Amphibious Air Assaults

      - Inner Battle Group Logistics

      - Design and Employment of Hyperspectral Imagers in Support of Theater Missile Defense

      - Modeling a Chemical Battlefield and the Resulting Effects

      - Mobility Operations

      - Special Force Operations for Strategic Objectives

      - Theater Air Apportionment and Allocation

      - Ground Unit Logistical Requirements

      - Obstacles and Engineer Forces

      - Corps Artillery

      - Air Mission Planning Algorithm

 

Current Employment (part-time):

MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA (1998-current).

 

Chronological Summary of Positions Held (outside of schooling):

1998 – current     Principal Operations Research Analyst, MITRE Corporation

1994 - 1998        Asst. Professor of Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School

1991 - 1994        Operations Research Analyst, Conventional Forces Analysis Division, J-8,

                           The Joint Staff

1987 - 1990        Operations Research Analyst, US Army Concepts Analysis Agency

1983 - 1986        Chief, Operations Research, Defense Mobilization Systems Planning Activity, Office of the Secretary of Defense

1977 - 1980        Instructor, US Army Military Intelligence School

1976 - 1977        Chemical Officer, S2; Division Support Command, 2nd Infantry Division

 

Publications:

Youngren, M.A. (2007; pending). H-NET Book Review, published by H-CivWar@h-net.msu.edu): Mark R. Wilson. The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861-1865. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Youngren, M.A. (2006). H-NET Book Review, published by H-CivWar@h-net.msu.edu): Earl J. Hess. Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns, 1861-1864. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2005.

Youngren, M.A. (2003). Software Agents to Reason About Situational Awareness. Proceedings of the 5th Annual Office of Naval Research Decision Support Workshop – “Developing the New Infrastructure.”  Invited speaker; workshop held Sept 2003.

Youngren, M.A. (2002). Getting at Enemy Intent: Connecting Perception to Command in Combat Modeling. Proceedings of the 7th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, National Defense University, held in Quebec, Canada.

Youngren, S.H., Youngren, M.A., and Barraj, L. (2001). Challenges of Probabilistic Assessment of Operator and Residential Non-Dietary Exposure. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 45, No. 1001, pp. S49 – S54

Youngren, M.A. Correlation, Association and Fusion in Aggregate Combat Simulations. (2000). Proceedings of the 5th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, National Defense University, held in Canberra, Australia

Gaver, D.P., Jacobs, P.A., Youngren, M.A., and Parry, S.H (2000). J-STOCHWARS and Beyond: Models for Force Motion and Interaction that Represent Uncertain Perception. Technical Report NPS-OR-00-007, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

Gaver, D.P., Jacobs, P.A., and Youngren, M.A. (1997). Analytic Representation of Data Fusion in Theater-Level Models.  Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Command and Control Research and Technology, National Defense University.

Youngren, M.A., Gaver, D.P., and Jacobs, P.A. (1997) Sensor Search / Precision Strike Model.      

      Visual Basic simulation designed and programmed for use at N-6. Naval Postgraduate School. June 1997.

Youngren, M.A. (1997) “Joint Modeling and Analysis” in Military Modeling for Decisions,

      Wayne Hughes, ed. Military Operations Research Society.

Youngren, M.A. and Lovell, N. (1996). Joint Warfare Analysis Experimental Prototype (JWAEP) User’s Manual (Version 2.0), Naval Postgraduate School.

Youngren, M.A. and S. Parry, eds. (1995). Military Operations Research Analyst's Handbook, Volume II, Area 1: Conventional Weapons Effects (Ground). Military Operations Research Society.

Gaver, D.P., P.A. Jacobs, and M.A. Youngren (1995). Asymptotic Properties of a Sensor Allocation Model. Report NPS-OR-95-002, Naval Postgraduate School.

Youngren, M.A. and W. Olson, eds. (1994). Military Operations Research Analyst's Handbook, Volume I: Terrain, Unit Movement, and Environment. Military Operations Research Society.

Gong, W., W. Zei, M.A. Youngren, and R. Nelsen (1993) A Stochastic Comparison Algorithm

      with Applications to a Deployment Problem. Proceedings of the 1993 Symposium on Command and Control Research. National Defense University.

Singpurwalla, N.D. and Youngren, M.A. (1993). Multivariate distributions induced by dynamic

environments. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 20, pp. 251-261.

Youngren, M.A. (1991). Modeling relocatable nuclear targets. Interfaces, 21:4, pp. 132-140.

Youngren, M.A. (1991). Dependence in target element detections induced by the Environment. Naval Research Logistics, 38, pp. 567-577.

Singpurwalla, N.D. and Youngren, M.A. (1990). Models for dependent lifelengths induced by

      common environments. IMS Monograph: Proceedings of the Symposium on Dependence in Statistics and Probability, Lecture Note Series, Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

Youngren, M.A. (1990). “Object Oriented Force Arraying through Probability,” Report of the 2nd US/French Meeting on Simulation Tools, Defense Exchange Agreement A-75-F-1200.

Youngren, M.A. (1990). Handling uncertainty in input to expected value models. Proceedings of the 35th Conference on the Design of Experiments, ARO Report 90‑2, Army Research Office.

Youngren, M.A. (1989). Updating nuclear effects in theater models. Proceedings of the 57th Military Operations Research Symposium[1], Military Operations Research Society.

Youngren, M.A. (1989). Simulating alternating states. Proceedings of the 57th  Military Operations Research Symposium1, Military Operations Research Society.

Youngren, M.A. (1989). Nuclear Effects Model Embedded Stochastically in Simulation (NEMESIS) ‑ Summary Report. CAA‑TP‑89‑8, Sept 1989. US Army Concepts Analysis Agency[2].

Youngren, M.A. (1989). Probability Models for Theater Nuclear Warfare. CAA‑RP‑89‑3, June 1989. US Army Concepts Analysis Agency2.

Youngren, M.A. (1989). Handling Uncertainty in Expected Value Models. CAA‑RP‑89‑5, June 1989. US Army Concepts Analysis Agency2.

Youngren, M.A. (1989). Modeling the Acquisition and Engagement of Relocatable Nuclear Targets. CAA‑RP‑89‑6, June 1989. US Army Concepts Analysis Agency2.

Youngren, M.A. (1989). Analytic Representation of the Target Acquisition Process in NUFAM III. CAA‑TP‑89‑2, March 1989. US Army Concepts Analysis Agency2.

Singpurwalla, N.D. and Youngren, M.A. (1988). Multivariate Life Distributions Induced by Shot ‑ Noise Process Environments. GWU/IRRA/Serial TR‑89/3, 1 March 1989, George Washington University.

Singpurwalla, N.D. and Youngren, M.A. (1988). Multivariate Life Distributions Induced by

      Gamma Process Environments. GWU/IRRA/Serial TR‑89/2, 1 February 1989, George Washington University.

Youngren, M.A. (1988).Updating Nuclear Effects in Theater Models. CAA‑RP‑88-1, November 1988. US Army Concepts Analysis Agency2.

Youngren, M.A. (1988). Dependent Lifelengths Induced by Dynamic Environments. D.Sc. dissertation, George Washington University.

Youngren, M.A. (1983). A Model for Persistent Chemical Attacks Against Ground Force Units. Master's thesis, Naval Postgraduate School.

Youngren, M.A. (1979). The G2/S2 Responsibilities for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense, Military Intelligence, Oct‑Dec 1979.

 

Recent Invited Presentations (partial listing; without proceedings):

•         Net-Centric Campaign Analysis: A Case Study Using JWARS (2005). 73rd Military Operations Research Society Symposium.

•         Reasoning About Situational Awareness in Combat Models (2004). 72nd Military Operations Research Society Symposium.

•         Reasoning about the Perception Using Software Agents (2003). 71st Military Operations Research Society Symposium.

•         Modeling Data Fusion (2003). Seminar at the RAND Corporation.

•         Getting at Enemy Intent: Connecting Perception to Command in Combat Modeling (2002). 70th Military Operations Research Society Symposium.

•         The Use of Operational Perception in JWARS (2001). 69th Military Operations Research Society Symposium.

•         Modeling Data Fusion (1997). Graduate Seminar at the George Washington University.

•         J-STOCHWAR (1996). Invited presentation to the UK Ministry of Defense and to their modeling organization (DERA).

•         Assessing the Impact of C3I on Joint Theater‑Level Warfighting (1996). Army Operations Research Symposium.

•         J-STOCHWAR (1996). Presentation to the international technology trade and cooperation program RSG-19 annual meeting, involving representatives from the US, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, and New Zealand.

•          Assessing the Impact of C3I on Joint Theater‑Level Warfighting (1997) (with D. Gaver, P. Jacobs). 64th Military Operations Research Symposium.

•         Modeling Joint Theater-Level C3I (1996) (with D. Gaver, P. Jacobs). 63rd Military Operations Research Symposium.

•         Modeling Joint Operational Intelligence (1996) (with D. Gaver, P. Jacobs). 63rd Military Operations Research Symposium.

•         Capturing Uncertainty in Theater-Level Combat Modeling (1995). Invited paper and presentation to the NATO AC/243 (Panel 7) Symposium on "Coping with Uncertainty in Defence Decision Making."

•         Future Theater‑Level Model (FTLM) Overview (1995) (with D. Gaver, P. Jacobs). INFORMS Spring Meeting.


[1]  Only papers selected as a “Best Working Group Paper” are printed in the proceedings. The proceedings were peer-reviewed before publication.

[2] All CAA reports are peer-reviewed before release.