Theses and Dissertations
HOW CAN THE DOD ADOPT COMMERCIAL-STYLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR PROCUREMENT?
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
The U.S. Department of Defense has issued a policy directing agencies to adopt artificial-intelligence capabilities to increase the speed and agility of operations. Despite this, there are no current initiatives to adopt ...
ROKN'S NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE ACQUISITION
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
This thesis analyzes the Republic of Korea Navy’s (ROKN) Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) objectives, the technical evaluation of ASW assets, and the consequences of the ROKN acquisition of possible nuclear-powered submarines. ...
USING DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS TO CLASSIFY LITTORAL AREAS WITH 3-BAND AND 5-BAND IMAGERY
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
With the assistance of high-resolution satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles, and fixed camera observation points, coastal change detection and landscape classification are active research areas that have the capability to ...
THE ECONOMICS OF DISCONTENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
The European Union was established in order to create a more peaceful European continent through economic and social integration. To date, the EU has been successful; however, new challenges have begun to emerge. In ...
ASSIGNING ENLISTED SAILORS INTO HARD-TO-FILL LOCATIONS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
There is a disproportionate distribution of Sailors throughout the naval aviation enterprise, as the Navy is unable to solicit Sailors to voluntarily serve in specific geographically remote locations. The topography and ...
SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES FOR EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Stemming from the Chief of Naval Personnel's Sailor 2025 initiatives, the Performance Evaluation Transformation-Talent Management (PET-TM) program is tasked with improving and modernizing the Navy's current performance ...
BLOCKCHAIN SCALABILITY IN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Recent optimizations in blockchain technology and increased utilization of software defined networking (SDN) have led to new opportunities in data center network management. The research problem presented in this study is ...
ANALYSIS OF PROMOTION ZONE EFFECTS ON NAVAL OFFICERS CAREERS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
The Navy uses “zones” to define promotion eligibility of its officers in each of the control grades, O4–O6. Recent shifts in policy have begun to move the promotion system away from strict zone eligibility in favor of a ...
TOWARD UNDERSTANDING THE LONGITUDINAL STABILITY OF AN IP GEOLOCATION DATABASE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
While many IP Geolocation Database (IPGD) studies exist gauging "accuracy" by comparing to ground truth (and other IPGDs), there is a dearth of studies looking at the stability of IPGD locations in longitudinal context. ...
PKI: THE KEY TO SOLVING THE INTERNET OF THINGS SECURITY PROBLEM
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
The concept of combining computers, sensors, and systems to monitor and control gadgets has been around for decades; however, the Internet of Things (IoT) was not born until a few years ago. The IoT, which is an omnipresent ...
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Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy (78)
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2020 (78)