Theses and Dissertations
FINDING AND FIXING FRAGILITY IN MACHINE LEARNING
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2023-06)
This dissertation addresses the general problem that machine learning models are fragile. Fragility arises when composing models into systems or using them in real operational environments. It also arises when model inputs ...
SOFTWARE DEFINED CUSTOMIZATION OF NETWORK PROTOCOLS WITH LAYER 4.5
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-09)
The rise of software defined networks, programmable data planes, and host level kernel programmability gives rise to highly specialized enterprise networks. One form of network specialization is protocol customization, ...
A BENCHMARK FRAMEWORK AND SUPPORT FOR AT-SCALE BINARY VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-09)
Today, software is integrated into nearly every aspect of our lives and so are its vulnerabilities. Exploited software vulnerabilities can have detrimental financial, social, and economic effects. Researchers rely on ...
Systematic assessment of the impact of user roles on network flow patterns
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2017-09)
Defining normal computer user behavior is critical to detecting potentially malicious activity. To facilitate this, some anomaly-detection systems group the profiles of users expected to behave similarly, setting thresholds ...
Efficient orchestration of data centers via comprehensive and application-aware trade-off exploration
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2016-12)
Software-defined network (SDN) orchestration, the problem of integrating and deploying multiple network control functions (NCFs) while minimizing suboptimal network states that can result from competing NCF proposals, is ...
Executable behavioral modeling of system- and software-architecture specifications to inform resourcing decisions
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2016-09)
The size, cost, and slow rate of change of Department of Defense (DOD) Information Technology (IT) systems make introducing new capabilities challenging. Without considering the whole system and its environment, design ...
Improved conceptual models methodology (ICoMM) for validation of non-observable systems
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2015-12)
This dissertation expands the current view of development and validation of conceptual models (CoM) of non-observable systems (NOSs) by using systems engineering (SE) and systems architecture (SA) methods during the model ...
Identifying and quantifying emergent behavior through system of systems modeling and simulation
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2015-09)
The U.S. Department of Defense builds many weapons systems as Systems of Systems (SoSs). Operational testing is used to test capabilities in these SoSs, but testing all configurations of the SoSs may not be possible due ...
Design and evaluation for the end-to-end detection of TCP/IP header manipulation
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-06)
Understanding, measuring, and debugging IP networks, particularly across administrative domains, is challenging. One aspect of the challenge are transparent middleboxes, which are now common in today’s Internet. In-path ...
Identifying the limits of an integrated training environment using human abilities and affordance theory
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-06)
This research investigated the development and use of an analytical assessment methodology anchored in systems engineering principles, affordance theory, and human abilities, to measure the potential of integrated training ...
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