"An Analytical Approach for Managing Integration of New Technologies," American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) Conference, Tampa, FL, October 2022
"Designing and Conducting Simulation Experiments," MORS Campaign Analysis Workshop, Alexandria, VA, 24 April 2022
"Investigating an Active Shooter Defeat System with Simulation and Data Farming," Winter Simulation Conference, December 2021 (with Maj Charles Lovejoy and Prof Susan Sanchez)
"Design of Experiment for High Dimensional Computational Experiments," MORS Advancing Campaign Analytics Workshop, Alexandria, VA, November 2019
"Top 10 Questions to Ask of Experiment Data," Science of Test Workshop, Springfield, VA, March 2017
"Top 10 Questions to Ask of Experiment Data," Winter Simulation Conference, Crystal City, VA December 2016
McDonald, M. L., S. Upton, C. Seymour, T. Lucas, S. Sanchez, P. Sanchez, H. Schramm, and J. Smith. 2014. "Enhancing the Analytic Utility of the Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model," Case Study at the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference, Savannah, GA.
Hernandez, A., J. Oullet, and M. McDonald, ) "A Methodology for Exploring Force Composition Using the Peace Support Operations Model," INFORMS Annual Meeting (Military Applications Section), 2013.
“Agent-Based Modeling for Planning Joint System-of-Systems Tests”, 76 th Military Operations Research Society Symposium, June 2008
“Investigating the Dynamics of Competition: Coevolving Red and Blue Simulation Parameters” Winter Simulation Conference, Dec 2005 (with Stephen Upton)
“Applications of Coevolutionary Dynamics: Organizational and Machine Learning Perspectives” 73 rd Military Operations Research Society Symposium, June 2005
“Breaking Blue: Automated Red Teaming Using Evolvable Simulations” Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference 2004, 12 – 16 July 2003 (with Steve Upton and Sarah Johnson)
"Coevolving Red and Blue: Analyzing the Dynamics of Competition" 70th Military Operations Research Society Symposium, June 2002
"Adaptive Search using Agent Based Models" 2nd Advances in Search Theory Conference, May 2002 (with Dr. Alfred Brandstein)
“Red Orm: A Collaborative Command & Control Project" 69th MORS Symposium, June 2001 (with Dr. Gary Horne)
"Coevolutionary Considerations for Decision Making" INFORMS MAS IV, May 2001
"What the Marines and an Adaptive Enterprise Have in Common" Leading the New Economy Conference, May 2001 (with Maj Russell Bergeman)
“Nonlinearity and Coevolving Landscapes in Military Modeling and Decision Making” INFORMS MAS III, 7 December 2000
“Trust on the Battlefield: Exploring Questions With a New Tool” Maneuver Warfare Science 1998 (MCCDC Publication) (with Dr. Gary Horne)
“Project Albert Overview: Applying Science to Military Science” 68 th MORS Symposium, 20-22 June 2000 (with Dr. Al Brandstein)
“Design of Experiments with a New Class of Agent Based Model” 68 th MORS Symposium, 20-22 June 2000
“High Performance Computing Support for Analysis of Entity-Based Simulations of Land Combat” Supercomputing 99, 16-17 November 1999 (with Capt Brian Widdowson)
“USMC Experimental Support With Agent Based Modeling” INFORMS MAS II, 21-22 September 1999
“A Modeling Tool for Visualizing Large Data Sets, Using High Performance Computing” AMOS Technical Conference, 1-3 September 1999
“Broadening the Lens of an Advanced Warfighting Experiment with Agent Based Modeling” 67 th MORS Symposium, 22-23 June 1999
“Exploring Trust on the Battlefield With a Complex Adaptive System Tool” 1997 Santa Fe Institute Business Network Meeting, 5 November 1997 (with Dr. Gary Horne and Dr. Al Brandstein)