Theses and Dissertations
A HIGH EXPLANATORY POWER MODEL OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE SPREAD IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-03)
A study conducted by Carpenter, OBrien, Hagerman and McCarl in 2011 estimates the economic impact of a foot and mouth disease (FMD) epidemic in the United States to be $2.3$69.0 billion. We simulate an outbreak of FMD ...
Toward finding driving communications factors in the system of systems survivability simulation model
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-03)
The System of Systems Survivability Simulation (S4) was created by the Army Research Laboratory's Survivability and Lethality Analysis Directorate in cooperation with the New Mexico State University Physical Science ...
Optimal day-ahead scheduling of a hybrid electric grid using weather forecasts
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-12)
The compromise between the stability of a hybrid electric grid (HEG) and the total operating cost can be reached by accurately anticipating the future renewable power productions. This thesis suggests the use of weather ...
An exploration of the communications environment within the System of Systems Survivability Simulation (S4)
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-06)
The U.S. Army is transforming into a network-centric modular force. Developed by the Army Research Laboratory's Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate, in conjunction with New Mexico State University's Physical Science ...
A Brownian bridge movement model to track mobile targets
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2016-09)
The Brownian bridge movement model (BBMM) models target movement between two known points as a Brownian bridge. This thesis extended the BBMM to account for multiple starting and ending points and to account for intelligence ...
Optimizing microgrid architecture on Department of Defense installations
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-09)
Energy managers are faced with the challenge of upgrading their installation microgrids in a tight fiscal environment, while meeting the challenges of incorporating higher percentages of renewable energy sources and providing ...
Capturing the full potential of the Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model (STORM)
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-09)
The Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model (STORM) is the primary campaign analysis tool used by the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Assessment Division (OPNAV N81) and other Department of Defense organizations ...
Effect of the Environment and Environmental Uncertainty on Ship Routes
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012-06)
The United States Navy (USN) uses Optimal Track Ship Routing provided by ship routing officers (SRO) to aid in the safe transit of its ships. When a ship makes a transit, the ship provides the SRO an origin, a destination, ...
Analysis of I Marine Expeditionary Force support team reset operations
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-06)
Non-deployed United States Marine Corps (USMC) ground units are in a degraded state of supply readiness as a result of over a decade of war. Due to current fiscal constraints and budget pressures the USMC cannot purchase ...
CLASSIFYING ADS-B TRAJECTORY SHAPES USING A DENSE FEED-FORWARD NEURAL NETWORK
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
There is a recent abundance of flight trajectory data due to Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) becoming a prevalent and required aviation traffic control system. Motivated by incidents like the September ...