Contact Dr John Salt
- Tel: +44 (0) 1793 785889
- Email: j.salt@cranfield.ac.uk
- ORCID
Areas of expertise
- Communications Systems
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Defence Info Systems
- Defence Sensors
- Gun Technologies
- Operational Analysis and Simulation
Background
John obtained a combined honours BA in French and Russian from Exeter University in 1982. He then undertook a MSc in Computing Science at Newcastle University in 1988 before completing his PhD in Computer Science at Brunel University in 1999.
John is a Fellow of the Operational Research Society and member of a number of other associations and institutes:
- Association for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Member of the US Marine Corps Association
- Member of the Royal United Services Institute
Current activities
John is currently module lead for the Introductory Studies and Logistics Modelling modules in the AMOR course, and lectures on Weapon Systems Performance Assessment.
He has an interest in the modelling of dismounted close combat, especially the impact of group psychology.
He has an interest in the modelling of dismounted close combat, especially the impact of group psychology.
Clients
- Hunting Engineering Ltd
- Eurotunnel
- The European Space Agency
- Shell International
- Saudi Aramco
- The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
- The Amphibious Warfare Development Centre
- DERA
- General Dynamics UK
- Niteworks
- DSTL
- Airbus
Publications
Articles In Journals
Conference Papers
- Salt J (2022) A hundred years of tiny mortars. In: Close Combat Symposium 2022, Shrivenham, 5-7 July 2022.
- Salt J (2019) Precision versus rate. In: Close Combat Symposium, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, 9-11 July 2019.
- Hill M & Salt J (2018) The proper use of ignorance in intelligence. In: ITEC 2018, Stuttgart, 15 May 2018.
- Salt J (2016) Small arms, small data : small arms shooting accuracy and the small data problem. In: International Symposium on Military Operational Research (ISMOR) 2016, Royal Holloway, London, 26-29 July 2016.
- Salt J (2015) On the wagons, off the wagons: the infantry fighting vehicle problem. In: Mounted and Dismounted Close Combat Symposium, Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, 14-16 July 2015.
- Salt J (2013) Simulation: better than tyromancy?. In: 55th Annual Conference of the Operational Research Society 2013, OR55, Exeter, 3-5 September 2013.
- Salt J (2013) A Comparison of Incapacitation Criteria: Kokinakis and Sperrazza versus Courtney and Courtney.
- Salt & John (2013) Fast, Free and Fun: Lightweight Simulation Modelling with Python. In: 30th International Symposium on Military OR, London, 29 July 2013.
- Hill M, Salt J & Fletcher G (2011) Distributed Working Pictures. In: European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation, Lisbon, Portugal, 9 September 2010.
- Hill M & Salt J (2010) Life and Death Decisions using Sparse, Unreliable Evidence. In: 4th European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation, Lisbon, 9 September 2010.
- Wise J, Smith G, Salt J, Huey P & Atkins G (2006) Distributed Decision-Making and Control for Agile Military Radio Networks. In: DAMAS 2005 (Defence Applications of Multi-Agent Systems), Utrecht, 25 July 2005.
- Salt JD (2004) Force transformation: an historical perspective from across the Atlantic.
- Salt JD (2004) Speech acts of war. In: 2004 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC 2004), Washington, DC, 5-8 December 2004.
- Salt JD & Wise J (2004) Synthetic Epistemology: Do Brains in Jars Dream of Electric Rocks?. In: 5th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Paris, 6 September 2004.
- Salt John D (1997) Braindance: Simulating patterns of behavior. In: 1997 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC 1997), Orlando, FL, 12-15 October 1997.
- Salt JD (1993) Simulation Should be Easy and Fun!. In: 1993 Winter Simulation Conference, Los Angeles, 12 December 1993.
Books
- Salt J (2020) Chapter 15: learning the lessons of Port-en-Bessin, 1944. In: On Contested Shores, Quantico, VA: US Marine Corps University Press, p. 253-276.
- Smith JD & Salt J (2018) Chapter 14: Decision support in defence logistics. In: Defence Logistics: Enabling and Sustaining Successful Military Operations, London, UK: Kogan Page, p. 286-323.
