Reports and Technical Reports
Cellular Coverage Mapping in the U.S. Virgin Islands
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2023-05); NPS-OR-23-001
Wireless mobile telephone service is now a dominant mode of communication throughout the world, with new technologies enabling ever expanding digital services that
support commerce, government, and society. A lack of ...
Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP) Phase Variation in Signature and Destructive Behaviors
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2023-03); NPS-DDM-23-004
The US Navy’s Culture of Excellence Perform to Plan effort seeks to empower warfighting capability by fostering psychological, physical, and emotional toughness. To meet this goal, the Navy needs to understand what encourages ...
ARCEX23 Cryophone Experiment
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2023-03); NPS-OC-23-001
The Arctic Exercise 2023 (ARCEX23) Cryophone Experiment was funded by ONR Code 32 (Battlespace Environments). The experiment was conducted during March 5-9 on Lake Colleen in Prudhoe Bay and on first year sea ice 180 nm ...
Update on Machine-Learned Correctness Properties
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2023-01); NPS-CS-23-001
This report details a novel method which has the potential for improving the U.S. Navy’s ability to perform continuous assurance on autonomous and
other cyberphysical systems. Specifically, this report presents a novel ...
Understanding, Assessing, and Mitigating Safety Risks in Artificial Intelligence Systems
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-12); NPS-CS-22-003
Traditional software safety techniques rely on validating software against a deductively defined specification of how the software should behave in particular
situations. In the case of AI systems, specifications are ...
Sailor Perspectives and Recommendations for Communication About Divisive Events and Inclusion within the Fleet
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-12); NPS-DDM-23-003
Recent events, such as the death of George Floyd and the resulting Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests, the post elections attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the COVID-19pandemic, have brought to light the challenges leaders ...
USMC Manpower Models Modernization
(Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-11-16); NPS-DDM-22-006
In his planning guidance, the Commandant states “We will ... accelerate our transformation from disconnected legacy
systems to an integrated data architecture that treats data as it should be –a critical resource.” This ...
Modeling Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations in the Combined Arms Analysis Tool for the 21st Century (COMBATXXI)
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-09-30); NPS-MV-22-001
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is undergoing organizational and operational changes to adapt to new warfighting requirements in
today’s world. The USMC Force Design 2030 describes new concepts, such as Expeditionary ...
Navy Expeditionary Readiness Cost Modeling
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-09); NPS-DDM-22-003
Military services estimate the budget for activities associated with operational readiness using mathematical models. OPNAV N834 (Expeditionary Readiness)
presently uses an N81 accredited Capability Costing Model (CCM) ...
Navy Force Structure Review Strategic Risk Workshop and Technical Review
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-09); NPS-OR-22-005
The OPNAV Lead for the 2022-2023 Navy Force Structure Review requested an interdisciplinary NPS team conduct an independent strategic risk and
technical risk of the current programmed force structure and three alternatives. ...