Fiscal Year	2009
Division	Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences
Department	Operations Research
Investigator(s)	Ewing, Jr., Paul L.
Sponsor	U.S. Special Operations Command (Joint)
Summary	The investigators will research and develop appropriate optimization tools, and use the analytical tools to assist the Chief of the United States Special Operations Command's Interagency Task Force (USSCOM IATF) in the fulfillment of the division's mission. The proposed study focuses on: (1) Providing USSCOM IATF optimal interdiction analysis of personnel and equipment moving from one location to another. (2) The study of functional networks and the development of models to efficiently analyze these functional networks. (3) Research social network analysis built upon the functional network development and analysis. (4) Provide support for students' experience tours and theses, which will enable the NPS Operations Research department (OR) to continue to refine functional detail essential for correct specification of the underlying social networks. (5) Provide continued reach-back support for the IATF staff so they may institutionalize gains made as a result of this project.
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