Naval Postgraduate School
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An enhanced graphical user interface for analyzing the vulnerability of electrical power systems to terrorist attacks
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003-12)
This thesis develops a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to represent electric power grids subject to interdiction (attack) by terrorists. The work enhances the prototypic One-line Diagram (OD) representations of electric ...
Optimizing a military supply chain in the presence of random, non-stationary demands
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003-12)
Demand for supplies, such as ammunition, during a military operation is a scenario-dependent random variable that may be subject to high variance. The challenge is to design an efficient military logistics supply chain ...
Defense of the sea base - an analytical model
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003-12)
This thesis develops an analytical model that describes defense for the Sea Base. Although models have been developed for defense of a carrier battle group (CVBG) with one High Value Unit (HVU) against air, surface and ...
Analysis of effectiveness of CEC (Cooperative Engagement Capability) using Schutzer's C2 theory
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003-12)
Information superiority can be obtained by enhancement of the command and control system. While weapon systems may have been developed to a point of decreasing returns regarding firepower, command and control(C2) systems ...
A model for predicting the repair costs of U.S. Navy inventory items
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003-12)
This research was initiated due to a report claiming that The U.S. Navy significantly overestimated repair prices in a Performance Based Logistics (PBL) reward to a contractor. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a ...
Analysis of Stryker brigade combat team strategic sealift deployment options
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003-12)
Projecting a credible land combat power to a potential conflict area in a timely manner requires rapid strategic sealift mobility with high capacity. A highly deployable, light, yet sufficiently lethal force capable of ...
Estimating inter-deployment training cycle performances
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003-12)
The objective of this thesis is to estimate Inter-Deployment Training Cycle (IDTC) performances of the US Pacific Fleet surface ships, which are evaluated at the end of the Basic Training Phase, by using Command Metrics ...
Establishing a vibration threshold value, which ensures a negligible false alarm rate for each gear in CH-53 aircraft using the operational data
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003-12)
Rotating machinery such as gears plays an important role in control of an aircraft. The health of this machinery is a key ingredient to both platform safety and mission success, especially in military operations. The purpose ...
Effect of OPTEMPO on ship operational costs
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003-12)
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between operations tempo (OPTEMPO) and operational costs. This study was performed at the request and with the support of OPNAV N82, the Office of Budget (FMB). ...
An exploratory analysis of littoral combat ships' ability to protect expeditionary strike groups
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003-09)
This thesis uses an agent-based simulation model named EINSTein to perform an exploratory study on the feasibility of using Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) to augment or replace the current defenses of Expeditionary Strike ...
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