Naval Postgraduate School
2. NPS Outstanding Theses and Dissertations
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Investigating ground swarm robotics using agent based simulation
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006-12)
The concept of employing ground swarm robotics to accomplish tasks has been proposed for future use in humanitarian de-mining, plume monitoring, searching for survivors in a disaster site, and other hazardous activities. ...
A methodological approach for conducting a business case analysis for the Joint Distance Support and Response (JDSR) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD)
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006-12)
The Joint Distance Support and Response (JDSR) is an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) initiative approved by the United States Joint Forces Command (JFCOM). The purpose of ACTD is to exploit mature and ...
Optimized positioning of pre-disaster relief force and assets
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006-12)
Recent events in the United States of America and Pakistan have exposed the shortcomings of existing planning in relief and humanitarian assistance in the face of large-scale natural disasters. This thesis develops a ...
Modeling cognitive and tactical aspects in hunter-killer missions
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006-12)
In this thesis, we present a Markov-based probability model for a human operated system of aerial hunter-killers attacking time-sensitive targets. We explore the effect of two resources -- time and supply of munitions ...
Flight regime recognition analysis for the army UH-60A IMDS usage
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006-12)
Usage Monitoring requires accurate regime recognition. For each regime, there is a usage assigned for each component. For example, the damage accumulated at a component is higher if the aircraft is undergoing a high G ...
Analysis of the assignment scheduling capability for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (ASC-U) simulation tool
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006-06)
The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Analysis Center (TRAC) and the Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulations Institute (MOVES) at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California developed the ...
Emergency first response to a crisis event a multi-agent simulation approach
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006-06)
Homeland Security Presidential Directive #8 led to the establishment of the National Exercise Program and the Top Officials exercise series to test and evaluate first response agency integration and effectiveness. The last ...
Optimized recovery of damaged electrical power grids
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006-03)
This thesis formulates and solves a mixed-integer program to plan the recovery of an electrical power transmission grid that has been damaged by a natural disaster or terrorist attack. The damage can be extensive and ...
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