Selected Past Theses Collaboration

Selected Past Theses Collaboration (NPS unless noted)

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LTC Patrick R. Rood, 2022. US Army. MS in Computer Science.

SCALING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING THROUGH FEUDAL MULTI-AGENT HIERARCHY

 

LT Dylan A. Bonitz, 2022. US Navy. MS in Space Systems Operations.

USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO SPOOF A MONITORED KALMAN FILTER

 

CPT Justin Frank, 2022. US Army. MS in Modeling Virtual Environments, and Simulation (MOVES).

Increasing Tactical Identification of Complex Systems Through Injection of 3D Models Using Common VR and Desktop Platforms

 

MAJ Ray Blockmon and LT Natasha Niemann, 2021. US Army and USN. MS in Information Systems.

Machine Learning Techniques for Identifying Anomalous Network Traffic

 

MAJ Aldebert Concepcion, 2020. US Army. MS in Management.

DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE DATA MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

 

Mr. John Grant, 2020. USN. MS in Engineering Science (Aerospace Engineering).

LINE OF SIGHT ANALYSIS USING A FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORK AND ONE-METER RESOLUTION DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM) MAP DATA

 

MAJ Jason Fabijanowicz, 2020. US Army. MS in Operations Research.

DDESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS FOR AIR LAUNCHED EFFECTS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES

 

CDR Stephanie Paone, 2020. USN. MS in Management.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CURRENT CIVIL SERVICE MILITARY HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE AND DETERMINANTS OF WORKFORCE TURNOVER AND ATTRITION

 

LT John McCauley, 2020. US Navy. MS in Management.

CHARACTERISTICS OF ATTRITION AMONG NAVY ACQUISITION EMPLOYEES AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION RESPONSES

 

LCDR Elliott VonWeller, 2020. US Navy. MS in Astronautical Engineering.

DBOOLEAN XOR ENDPOINT CONSTRAINTS IN CONTINUOUS-TIME OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS

 

CAPT Johnathan Boron, 2020. USMC. MS in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation (MOVES).

DDEVELOPING COMBAT BEHAVIOR THROUGH REINFORCEMENT LEARNING

 

LCDR Reed Smith, 2020. US Navy. MS in Astronautical Engineering.

A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH TO ENABLE MISSION PLANNING OF TIME-OPTIMAL ATTITUDE MANEUVERS

 

LCDR Vincent Audo, 2020. US Navy. MS in Space Systems Operations.

Encoding Optimal Attitude Control Solutions with Long-Short Term Memory Neural Networks

 

MAJ Gabriel Gobea, 2019. US Army. MS in Operations Research.

PREDICTING U.S. ARMY FIRST-TERM ATTRITION AFTER INITIAL ENTRY TRAINING, PART II

 

MAJ Brandon Bowman, 2019. USMC. MS in Operations Research.

ANOMALY DETECTION USING A VARIATIONAL AUTOENCODER NEURAL NETWORK WITH A NOVEL OBJECTIVE FUNCTION AND GAUSSIAN MIXTURE MODEL SELECTION TECHNIQUE

 

CPT Aaron Devig, 2019. US Army. MS in Operations Research.

PREDICTING U.S. ARMY ENLISTED ATTRITION AFTER INITIAL ENTRY TRAINING USING SURVIVAL ANALYSIS

 

MAJ Nicholas Lee, 2019. US Army. MS in Operations Research.

UTILIZATION OF MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES TO DETECT ANOMALIES IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACT DATA

 

LT Brittany Morgan, 2019. USN. MS in Operations Research.

UNDERSTANDING FACTORS RELATED TO ATTRITION OF DEPARMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES USING NON-PARAMETRIC SURVIVAL METHODS

 

CPT Racheal Mwangi, 2019. US Army. MS in Management.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE ATTRITION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2009

 

MAJ James Streams, 2019. US Army. MS in Operations Research.

UTILIZING ADAPTIVE DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS WITH LOGISTICS BATTLE COMMAND TO DETERMINE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR A DECISION MAKER

 

LCDR Anthony Urech, 2019. USN. MS in Operations Research.

EXPLORATORY SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BLUE-COLLAR AND WHITE-COLLAR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE ATTRITION FACTORS

 

Lian Weiwen, 2019. Civilian (Ministry of Defense, Singapore). MS in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation.

USING NEURAL NETWORKS TO DETERMINE COURSE OF ACTION FOR A LAND-BASED CONSTRUCTIVE SIMULATION

 

MAJ Pete Arendt, 2018. US Army. MS in Defense Analysis.

WE'RE DOING IT ALL WRONG: ONLINE TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY

 

CPT Delbert Joo, 2018 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). US Army.  MS in Engineering and Management.

A systems analysis of U.S. Army operation assessments

 

CPT Ta'Lena Fletcher, 2018 (Geogia Southern University). US Army.  MS in Computational Science.

Optimal Supply Delivery Under Military Specific Constraints

 

MAJ John King, 2018. US Army. MS in Operations Research.

An Implementation of Designed Experiments in Combat XXI

 

CPT Timothy Newlin, 2018. US Army. MS in Applied Mathematics.

Anomaly Detection in Army Cyber Domain Name Server Activity

 

CPT Jeremiah Sasala, 2018. US Army. MS in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation.

INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER LOADS AND THE EFFECTS ON COMBAT PERFORMANCE

 

CPT Mike Harris, 2017. US Army. MS in Applied Mathematics.

Visualization and Analysis of Malicious Traffic on U.S. Army Networks

 

CPT Marcelo Presa, 2017. US Army. MS in Applied Mathematics.

Analysis of Malicious Activity on U.S. Army Networks

 

MAJ Kerry Speten, 2017. US Army Reserve. MS in Operations Research.

PREDICTING U.S. ARMY FIRST-TERM ATTRITION AFTER INITIAL ENTRY TRAINING

 

CPT Brian Weaver, 2017. US Army. MS in Applied Mathematics.

Analyzing U.S. Army Internetwork Anomalies with Split-Protocol Graphs

 

Eric Adint, 2016. Civilian, Department of the Navy. MS in Information Technology Management.

Cross Industry Standard Process for Data Mining the GAT

 

MAJ Asfandyar Khan, 2016. US Army. MS in Management.

30 BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS: IS THE ARMY TOO SMALL?

 

LTC Fred Orndorff, 2016. US Army. MS in Operations Research.

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the United States Army Global Assessment Tool

 

MAJ Erik Wright, 2016. US Army. MS in Operations Research.

Analysis of Personnel Trends Based on Responses to the U.S. Army Global Assessment Tool

 

MAJ Robert Craig, 2015 (Air Force Institute of Technology). US Army. MS in Operations Research.

THE MILITARY THEATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DESIGN PROBLEM

 

LT Lewis Anderson, 2014. USN. MS in Operations Research.

Evaluating Changes in Public Opinion Toward VEOS in the Southern Philippines

 

MAJ Stephen Felts, 2014. USMC. MS in Operations Research.

Analysis of Active Duty Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard Responses to the U.S. Army Global Assessment Tool

 

CAPT Krysta Johnsen, 2014. USMC. MS in Operations Research.

Modeling Threats to Peace in the Southern Philippines

 

MAJ Cardy Moten, 2014. US Army. MS in Operations Research.

Factor Score Evaluation of the U.S. Army's Global Assessment Tool (GAT)

 

MAJ Jesse Nesbitt, 2014. US Army. MS in Operations Research.

ROBUST OPTIMIZATION IN OPERATIONAL RISK: A STUDY OF THE JOINT PLATFORM ALLOCATION TOOL

 

MAJ Scott Patton, 2014. US Army. MS in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation.

A COMPARISON OF TACTICAL LEADER DECISION MAKING BETWEEN AUTOMATED AND LIVE COUNTERPARTS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

 

LT John Harrop, 2013. USN. MS in Operations Research.

IMPROVING THE ARMY'S JOINT PLATFORM ALLOCATION TOOL (JPAT)

 

LTC Jon Alt, 2012. US Army. PhD in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation.

LEARNING FROM NOISY AND DELAYED REWARDS THE VALUE OF REINFORCEMENT LEARNING TO DEFENSE MODELING AND SIMULATION

 

LT Darren Cutler and LT Tyler Rasmussen, 2012. USN. MS in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation.

USABILITY TESTING AND WORKFLOW ANALYSIS OF THE TRADOC DATA VISUALIZATION TOOL

 

CPT Danny Heerlein, 2012. German Army. MS in Operations Research.

IMAGE SEGMENTATION FOR IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES

 

MAJ Edward Masotti, 2012. US Army. MS in Operations Research.

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) in an Operational Environment

 

MAJ Hieu Pham, 2012. US Army. MS in Defense Analysis.

MEASURING WHAT RIGHT LOOKS LIKE: A SYSTEM IN DEVELOPING METRICS FOR TACTICAL LEVEL UNITS

 

MAJ Steven Jones, 2012. US Army. MS in Operations Research.

Modeling Population Perceptions in Support of Irregular Warfare Analyses

 

MAJ Brian Vogt, 2012. US Army. MS in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation.

A METHODOLOGY TO ASSESS URBANSIM SCENARIOS

 

CAPT Clifford Wakeman, 2012. USMC. MS in Operations Research.

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF KEY LEADER ENGAGEMENTS