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A NEW SIMULATION-OPTIMIZATION MODEL FOR WILDLAND FIRE RESOURCE PRE-POSITIONING
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
Every day, using detailed weather forecasts, paired with reports on the moisture content of soil and vegetation, the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) must decide where to pre-position firefighting equipment and ...
PERFORMANCE OF RANDOM SURVIVAL FORESTS WITH TIME-VARYING COVARIATES IN PREDICTION OF U.S. ARMY ENLISTED ATTRITION COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL MANPOWER ANALYSIS METHODS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-12)
The importance of identifying qualified candidates and properly forecasting future manpower strength will always be critical to military recruiting and organization. The ability to assess the cross-section of covariates ...
ROBUSTIFYING SIGNAL SUBSPACE METHODS WITH GROUP SLOPE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-12)
Isolating and identifying specific acoustic signals in an underwater acoustic environment is challenging due to the presence of noise and potentially interfering signals. We construct an optimization problem that includes ...
USING SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING METHODS TO IDENTIFY FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE PROBABILITY OF FUTURE TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-12)
The Defense Counter Terrorism Center (DCTC) at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) focuses on classifying and predicting terrorist activities at a global scale. To accomplish this, DCTC analysts collect, process, and ...
ANALYSIS OF TRAINING PROGRESSION IMPACTS IN NAVAL AVIATION AT THE UNIT LEVEL
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-12)
In an increasingly budget-constrained environment, Naval Aviation faces the daunting challenge of both meeting vital operational requirements and maintaining a high standard of readiness while concurrently determining ...
OPTIMIZING VLS FIRING POLICY: AN ENUMERATION OF HETEROGENEOUS SEQUENCES TO INFORM EXPENDITURE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
The U.S. Navy (USN) utilizes the Vertical Launch System (VLS) to store and launch both their offensive and defensive missiles. Since the number of VLS silos on a given ship is fixed, to maximize offensive capability the ...
IMPROVING AUTOMATED SCHEDULES FOR NAVAL AIR STATION KINGSVILLE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03)
Currently, many squadrons in the Naval Aviation community handwrite their daily flight schedules, which is typically an all-day effort. This thesis creates an optimization model to build schedules computationally instead ...
TRADEOFFS IN POWER GRID OPERATION DURING A PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFF
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
This thesis considers challenges associated with managing the risk of wildfires caused by electric utilities, specifically the use of deliberate, and potentially widespread, power outages termed Public Safety Power Shutoff ...
PREDICTIVE STATISTICAL MODELING OF NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS ATTRITION
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
Attrition and the retention of talent is a concern for all organizations, but especially in the military. It is important to understand what factors influence attrition so that organizational leadership can optimize its ...
SARS-COV-2 DISSEMINATION USING UNITED STATES COUNTY COMMUTING DATA
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has impacted the world for the past year and a half, and it has been spreading to all corners of the Earth. Analyzing the dissemination of SARS-CoV-2 can ...
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