Reports and Technical Reports
NPS CRUSER MTX After Action Report 2017-2020
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-10-07); NPS-MAE-21-001
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Consortium for Robotics and Unmanned Systems Education and Research (CRUSER)
initiative Multi-Thread Experimentation (MTX) encompasses multiple research objectives with an overarching ...
Print versus Digital: Efficacy of Medium on Comprehension and within Learning Settings
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-09); NPS-DRMI-21-001
In this digital age, the debate between the instructional efficacy of reading medium, digital versus print, continues. Regardless of the
debate points, the print medium continues to reign as the superior of the two in ...
The effect of AR guidance on locating maintenance items: A use case
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-07); NPS-OR-21-004
Efficient maintenance is critical for the U.S. Navy to sustain surface fleet operational readiness, capability, and capacity. Efficient
maintenance relies on the ability to quickly locate needed maintenance items. The ...
Sailor well-being and rack curtains
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-04); NPS-OR-21-002
Studies conducted by the Naval Postgraduate School Crew Endurance Team on United States Navy (USN) ships have shown that ambient light is a major habitability-related factor in berthing compartments. Even though the US ...
Developing a Formal Navy Knowledge Management Process
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03); NPS-IS-21-001
Organization tacit and explicit knowledge are required for high performance, and it is imperative for such knowledge to be managed to ensure that it flows rapidly, reliably and energetically. The Navy N1 organization has ...
Computational Modeling and Simulation of Distributed Maritime Operations
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12); NPS-IS-20-005
The technologic capabilities of autonomous systems continue to accelerate, and teams of autonomous systems and people (TASP) are becoming increasingly important, particularly where distributed maritime operations (DMO) are ...
A New Trigonometrically-Fitted Method for Second Order Initial Value Problems
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12); NPS-MA-20-001
Numerical schemes approximating the solution of ordinary initial value problems interpolate polynomial up to a certain degree. Brock and Murray have suggested in 1952 to interpolate exponential functions when the solution ...
Operational Resilience of Command and Control Systems to Maintain Multilayered Network Functionality in Response to Large-Scale Disruptive Events
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12); NPS-OR-20-003
This technical report summarizes the work conducted under Award DTRA-18681-M during the performance period 2016-2020. Specifically, this research project seeks to develop new theory, models and algorithms for optimal design ...
Transonic Axial Compressor Design Tool
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12); NPS-MAE-20-001
A new design procedure using commercially-off-the-shelf (COTS) software, MATLAB, SolidWorks and ANSYS-WorkBench (CFX
and Mechanical) for the geometry generation and analysis of axial compressors.
The Effect of the Diversity on First-Ship Assignment on First-Term Retention Decisions
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-11); NPS-GSDM-20-004
This study uses a sample of Navy personnel data for personnel entering the Navy between FY1995 and FY2012 to examine how higher levels of diversity among peers and role models affect retention. To test for this effect, we ...