Theses and Dissertations
A RISING TIDE FLOATS ALL BOATS, BUT DROWNS INFRASTRUCTURE: THE IMPACT OF SEA-LEVEL RISE ON AMERICA’S MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
America’s maritime ports provide vital services to the nation’s economy and national security functioning as the critical nodes in a transportation network facilitating imports and exports and connecting distribution routes ...
CAMPUS POLICE PARTICIPATION IN JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
The strategy a campus police leader and university administration adopt in a post-9/11 world must consider the context of campus attacks and foiled plots over the past 12 years: the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre, the 2014 ...
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 ...
MOTHERHOOD AND HEALTH: MEASURING DISPARITIES OF MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES OF SERVICE MEMBERS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Motherhood goes unrivaled amongst many life experiences. Yet it also can disrupt almost everything in a woman’s life—including her physical health. Black women, in particular, have worse maternal health outcomes than White, ...
FLIGHT DESTINATION PREDICTION BASED ON BAYESIAN UPDATING USING ADS-B DATA
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
The constant increase in air demand worldwide is expected to lead to a surge in traffic control, which has raised questions about air traffic safety and air traffic control efficiency. The objective of this thesis is to ...
MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THREE-PHASE AC MICROGRID
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Sustainable power at the forefront of Department of Defense operations is paramount on the battlefield as well as at naval installations around the world, and microgrid technology enables the deployment of renewable energy ...
THE HEALTH OF THE U.S. NAVAL SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIAL BASE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Using the knowledge that the naval shipbuilding industrial base has gone through multiple stages of consolidation since 1945, this thesis explores what causal factors have caused weaknesses in the industrial base. And, why ...
SOUTH KOREA AND THE THAAD: ITS DECISION AND DEPLOYMENT
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
This thesis divides the controversy over THAAD into the phases of decision and deployment and assesses the influence of five independent drivers in this timeline: 1) changes in pressure from the United States 2) changes ...
CHINESE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND OFFICIAL FINANCING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Chinese foreign investment and official financing significantly increased following the announcement of the zouchuqu, or “go global” policy, in 1999. China’s emergence as an international investor, lender, and benefactor ...
POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS: A TERRORIST’S DREAM OPPORTUNITY
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Political demonstrations occur frequently worldwide. The frequency of these events will surely increase with the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Law enforcement entities must prepare for these events from a variety ...