Theses and Dissertations
The Beijing Olympics political impact and implications for soft power politics
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2008-12)
In the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, many commentators and scholars debated the potential impact of the Games in China. Some theorized that hosting the Games would lead to greater freedom and possibly democracy ...
Made in China policy analysis and prescriptions to improve China's consumer product safety regulatory regime
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2008-12)
If it's "Made in China," would you still buy it?This question has recently taken on particular significance in the wake of a series of scandalous oversights regarding the safety of consumer products manufactured in China. ...
The fate of Saudi Arabia regime evolution in the Saudi monarchy
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2008-12)
Samuel Huntington described the transformation process from an authoritarian regime to a democratic form of government as a direct transition. This model of transformation was applied to Saudi Arabia to analyze if it is ...
Cargo throughput and survivability trade-offs in force sustainment operations
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2008-06)
Force sustainment requires an optimum supply of resources to maintain and project power in an area. With sustainment reaching ever farther from the origin of supplies, commanders find an increasing exposure of their logistic ...
Transient effects of polymer-organic light emitting diodes and their impact on individual identification friend/foe
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2008-12)
The Individual Identification Friend/Foe (IIFF) patch is a unique system designed to prevent shooter-on-shooter fratricide in a battlefield environment. Using a Polymer-Organic Light Emitting Diode (p-OLED) as the emitter ...
Maritime security cooperation in the Strait of Malacca
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2008-06)
This thesis examines maritime security cooperation among Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia in the Strait of Malacca. Southeast Asian states have traditionally considered multilateral military cooperation among themselves ...
Theory of multirate statistical signal processing and applications
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005., 2005-09)
This dissertation develops basic theory and applications of statistical multirate signal processing. Specific tools and terminology for describing multirate systems in the time and frequency domains are presented. An optimal ...
Theory of multirate signal processing with application to signal and image reconstruction
(Monterey, California.: Naval Postgraduate School, 2005., 2005-09)
Signal processing methods for signals sampled at di.erent rates are investigated and applied to the problem of signal and image reconstruction or superresolution reconstruction. The problem is approached from the viewpoint ...
You only get one chance to make a first impression a quantitative analysis of division officer fleet experiences on surface warfare officer retention
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007-03)
This thesis utilizes Bureau of Naval Personnel data to examine the determinants of Surface Warfare Officer retention through the department head decision point in Year Groups 1993-1997. The retention model includes demographic ...
Comparison of channel equalization filtering techniques in underwater acoustic communications
(Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2002-06)
In this thesis, underwater acoustic communications signal processing techniques, which are used to equalize the distortional effects associated with the ocean as a communications channel, are investigated for a shallow ...
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