STATE SPACE ANALYSIS OF THE GENERAL ANALYTIC MINEFIELD EVALUATION TOOL: IN PURSUIT OF THE ADVANCED UNDERSEA WEAPON SYSTEM

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dc.contributor.advisorSanchez, Paul J.
dc.contributor.advisorHamrick, Thomas A.
dc.contributor.authorFlick, Brian C.
dc.contributor.departmentOperations Research (OR)
dc.contributor.secondreaderPilnick, Steven E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-15T19:37:43Z
dc.date.available2019-05-15T19:37:43Z
dc.date.issued2019-03
dc.description.abstractNaval mine warfare planning tools will grow increasingly important as maritime mines grow more sophisticated, permitting their use in less restrictive environments and for a wider variety of missions. The purpose of this study is to explore the state space of General Analytical Minefield EvaluationTool (GAMET) in order to evaluate simulation functionality and identify significant factors and interactions relevant to a traditional minefield and advanced undersea warfare system (AUWS) design. A design of experiments (DOE) is applied using a nearly orthogonal, nearly balanced Latin hypercube (NOB). A survey of the simulation is made to identify inputs and response variables. Two scenarios are created with justification of factor level settings and DOE process. A Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) user tool is developed to assist in creating files required to run 512 design points (DP) for the simulation to process. During the course of the study, GAMET simulated over 100 million transits, processing over 51,000 unique DPs. The analysis confirms that GAMET produces results consistent with real world experience and can be used to explore various AUWS designs. Metamodels based on regression analysis can be satisfactory for predicting number of casualties and detonations per transitor. These findings will advance AUWS design, help improve GAMET, and support broader GAMET usage within the Mine Warfare community.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceCommander, United States Navyen_US
dc.identifier.thesisid26590
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/62250
dc.publisherMonterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorGAMETen_US
dc.subject.authorMWen_US
dc.subject.authorsimulationen_US
dc.subject.authorminingen_US
dc.subject.authorAUWSen_US
dc.subject.authorDOEen_US
dc.titleSTATE SPACE ANALYSIS OF THE GENERAL ANALYTIC MINEFIELD EVALUATION TOOL: IN PURSUIT OF THE ADVANCED UNDERSEA WEAPON SYSTEMen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineOperations Researchen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Science in Operations Researchen_US
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