Theses and Dissertations
CROSS-DOMAIN IDENTIFICATION OF ROAD NETWORKS USING DOMAIN-ADAPTED CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are a powerful tool for identification of patterns and objects within imagery or video. Training CNNs that can generalize well to their intended target dataset can require large amounts ...
OFFICER SELECTION TEAM OPTIMIZATION: MAXIMIZING MARINE CORPS OFFICER RECRUITING GOALS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Each fiscal year, the Marine Corps identifies goals to recruit highly qualified applicants for future service as officers. As part of that process, specific diversity goals are given to each Marine recruiting region, ...
HOW HAS THE "AMERICA FIRST" POLICY AFFECTED THE BALANCE OF POWER IN EAST ASIA?
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
This thesis examines the implications of President Trump's "America First" foreign policy (AFP) on the balance of power as it relates to America's hub-and-spoke alliance system in East Asia. Before the AFP, President Trump ...
ENHANCING LETHALITY THROUGH MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING MODERNIZATION
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
Every Marine is a rifleman. However, the Marine Corps has failed to leverage technology to improve the art and science of marksmanship training, which has gone unchanged for almost 100 years. Marines score paper targets ...
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF CERAMIC COMPOSITES FOR THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
The study and use of the space domain, including the recent reinvigoration of manned space exploration to the moon and beyond, drives the search for higher-performance materials for spacecraft thermal protection systems ...
THE GERMAN SOLDIER AND RIGHT-WING NATIONALISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: THE IMPACT OF THE ALTERNATIVE FÜR DEUTSCHLAND ON GERMAN CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
Since the end of World War II, Germany has integrated into Western political, economic, and security institutions, which has fueled its prosperity today. The national government has emphasized cooperation in lieu of ...
BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED AUTOMATIC TARGET DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION, AND TRACKING
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-09)
The decision to use and deliver kinetic and/or non-kinetic fires have been and will forever be entwined into war. The U.S. military and specifically the Marines have been the masters of this process but to maintain this ...
INCREASED EFFECTIVENESS OF THE JOINT FIRE'S KILL CHAIN VIA IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMAND AND CONTROL RESPONSIVENESS FOR BETTER COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-09)
The system of interest (SOI) for this research centers on the mission of a friendly Blue Force (BF) controlling the enemy Red Force's (RF) influence on a strategic, bottleneck trade route and the execution of the kill chain ...
AUTONOMOUS INTERIOR MAPPING ROBOT UTILIZING LIDAR LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-09)
Combat actions are planned based on the best available information. In nearly all situations, significant uncertainty about the combat environment exists. This uncertainty contributes largely to friendly and non-combatant ...
SYNTHETIC NETWORK GENERATION AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS OF INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-09)
In September 2017, Category-5 Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck the U.S. Virgin Islands and caused significant damage to all critical infrastructure within the territory. This thesis assesses the vulnerability of the fiber ...
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