| Hybrid Techniques for Optimizing Complex Systems |
Dec-2009 |
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| Authors:
John P Hayes; Igor L Markov; MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR
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 | This is the final technical report for a three year research project on Hybrid Techniques for Optimizing Complex Systems conducted at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The project's overall goal was to investigate novel hybrid techniques that combine concepts from quantum and classical computer science to solve hard computational problems, including the handling of uncertainty. The research problems considered include design ... |
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| Efficient Employment of Imperfect Search Sensors in Complex Environments |
Sep-2009 |
96 pages |
| Authors:
Kurt E Wilson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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 | Defense planners must strive to develop and incorporate new, efficient procedures to allocate scarce resources in varied complex environments. We consider two discrete-time, discrete-space search effort allocation situations. Both involve the employment of an imperfect sensor, which is subject to both false-positive and false-negative errors. The area of interest, comprised of several disjoint area-cells, contains a single target of interest. In the first situation, the target moves according to a ... |
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| TEMPO Software Modifications for SEVER Evaluation |
Sep-2009 |
131 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald F Clemens; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In this thesis, we present a software package update facilitating the evaluation of the Systems Engineering Value Equation with Risk (SEVER) using the TEMPO Military Planning Game originally developed by General Electric in the 1960's. Currently it is used by Naval Postgraduate School to train future military decision makers in making critical resource allocation decisions. The intent of this development facilitates creating a software decision tool adaptable to different software-based ... |
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| Applications of Assignment Algorithms to Nonparametric Tests for Homogeneity |
Sep-2009 |
146 pages |
| Authors:
David M Ruth; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| We propose new nonparametric statistical tests to identify whether each element in a sequence of independent multivariate observations is drawn from a common probability distribution or if some distributional change has occurred over the course of the sequence. Each test is formulated using matching techniques based on distances between observations. These tests are capable of detecting changes of quite general nature, and, unlike most similar tests, they require no distribution ... |
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| Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2010 |
15-Jul-2009 |
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| Authors:
Sargent; John F Jr; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| President Obama has requested $147.620 billion for R&D in FY2010, a $555 million (0.4%) increase from the estimated FY2009 R&D funding level of $147.065 million (not including FY2009 R&D funding provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (P.L. 111- 5). According to the Obama Administration, preliminary allocations of R&D funding provided under P.L. 111-5 brings total FY2009 R&D funding to $165.400 billion. Unless otherwise noted in this report, comparisons ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions: How DOD Acquires Weapon Systems and Recent Efforts to Reform the Process |
10-Jul-2009 |
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| Authors:
Moshe Schwartz; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Department of Defense (DOD) efforts to acquire goods and services are often complex and controversial. These efforts are referred to as defense acquisitions. The structure DOD utilizes to plan, execute, and oversee those activities is an intricate and multi-variate system of systems composed of the requirements, resource allocation, and acquisition systems. This system of systems has evolved over time, its foundation being the report published by the Packard Commission in ... |
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| Removing the Rose Colored Glasses: Exploring Modern Security Environment's Effect on the Army Assignment Policy for Women |
12-Jun-2009 |
140 pages |
| Authors:
Karen J Dill; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The U.S. Army's policy for assigning female soldiers is significantly more challenging to implement in the era of persistent warfare. The problem is that the Army policy needs to be revised because the more recent Office of the Secretary of Defense women's assignment rule, the challenges in 21st century security environment, and the adaptations in tactics and force structure make the existing policy open to interpretation by commanders and open ... |
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| HMM and Auction-based Formulations of ISR Coordination Mechanisms for the Expeditionary Strike Group Missions |
Jun-2009 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Krishna Pattipati; Woosun An; David L Kleinman; William G Kemple; Chulwoo Park; CONNECTICUT UNIV STORRS DEPT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| In this paper, multi-stage auction-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) coordination mechanisms are investigated in the context of dynamic and uncertain mission environments, such as those faced by expeditionary strike groups. Each attribute of the mission task is modeled using a hidden Markov model (HMM) with controllable emission matrices, corresponding to each ISR asset. For each HMM-sensor pair, we evaluate a matrix of information gains (uncertainty reduction measures); the elements ... |
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| Optimal Transmitter Placement in Wireless Mesh Networks |
Jun-2009 |
146 pages |
| Authors:
Paul J Nicholas; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Wireless mesh networks are systems of wireless access points interconnected in a mesh to provide digital services to client devices via radio transmission. We consider the challenges of quickly and optimally designing a wireless mesh network. We focus on maximizing client coverage area by choice of access point locations, subject to constraints on network service, quantity and technical capabilities of access points, environmental information, and radio propagation over terrain. We ... |
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| Protecting Identifiers in Cross-Domain Environments |
Jun-2009 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Sam Chamberlain; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| Unique identification of objects and their associated data representations have received significant attention in the past 10 years. Developing an efficient identifier allocation and tracking scheme that transparently spans security domains requires finesse. It is not uncommon for information to be created in a lower security domain and copied to a higher domain. The rigor by which the data is maintained varies widely, as does the resulting difficulty in maintaining ... |
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| Resourcing Movement Control Battalions during Operation Iraqi Freedom 07-09 |
Jun-2009 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
Blumenfeld; Charles H III; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This investigation attempts to determine whether the Movement Control Battalions (MCB) during Operation Iraqi Freedom 07-09 were resourced adequately. Under current U.S. Army doctrine, the MCB is assigned to a Sustainment Brigade (SB), an Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC) or a Theater Sustainment Command (TSC). During OIF 07-09, the MCB in Iraq was assigned to the Support Operations Section (SPO), a subordinate staff section within the 316th ESC, both organizations were ... |
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| IDA's Integrated Risk Assessment and Management Model |
Jun-2009 |
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| Authors:
James S Thomason; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Department of Defense (DoD), like most other large public organizations, has traditionally made most of its resource allocation decisions in organizational or mission area stovepipes, with limited success in optimizing across those stovepipes. For many years, much public policy literature has claimed that such suboptimization is inevitable. IDA's Integrated Risk and Management Model (IRAMM) approach will not eliminate this thorny problem. However, it offers a viable way to attack ... |
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| Science and Technology Policymaking: A Primer |
27-May-2009 |
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| Authors:
Deborah D Stine; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Scientific and technical knowledge and guidance influences not just policy related to science and technology, but also many of today's public policies as policymakers seek knowledge to enhance the quality of their decisions. Science and technology policy is concerned with the allocation of resources for and encouragement of scientific and engineering research and development, the use of scientific and technical knowledge to enhance the nation's response to societal challenges, and ... |
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| A Human-Centered Approach to Sense and Respond Logistics |
10-Apr-2009 |
118 pages |
| Authors:
Edward Pohl; Chang Nam; Russ Meller; Scott Mason; Raymond Hill; Misty Gripper; Richard Cassady; Nebil Buyurgan; Laura Militello; Heather Nachtmann; Justin Chimka; Manuel Rossetti; ARKANSAS UNIV FAYETTEVILLE DEPT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
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| The goal of this research effort was to develop quantitative and scientific methods that capable of assisting researchers and military logisticians in the analysis of the effectiveness of logistics technology and processes in a Sense & Respond Logistics (S&RL) environment that incorporated both a human-centered and a system-based perspective. The specific research efforts summarized in the report include: (1) Effective Scheduling and Coordination of Disaster Relief Operations, (2) Experimental Evidence ... |
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| Should the Defense Industrial Base be Saved Using Multi-Year Contracts? |
17-Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Steven F Cummings; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Since the end of the Cold War the United States Defense Industrial Base has gotten smaller by mergers and acquisitions in the market place and from pressure by government legislators looking to harvest money from the Department of Defense and specifically from the Department of the Army. One approach to easing the stress on the industrial base is for the Army to use an increased number of congressionally approved multiyear ... |
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| Effect of Modularity on the Field Artillery Branch |
Mar-2009 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Noel T Nicolle; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The United States Army's transition to a brigade-based, modular force created unintended consequences for the Field Artillery (FA) branch. A combination of decreased senior artillery oversight of division-level FA units, high operational tempo in support of counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and significant doctrinal changes is creating the perfect storm that seriously degrades the branches' ability to provide lethal and nonlethal fires in a major combat operation (MCO) scenario. ... |
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| Regulation Scheme for Improved Innovation and Efficiency in Wireless Communications |
Mar-2009 |
123 pages |
| Authors:
John R Kajmowicz; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Current FCC regulation of the electromagnetic spectrum hinders the growth of wireless communication technology and fails to make efficient use of an extremely valuable asset. Current policies have failed to keep pace with advancing technology and require a completely new allocation scheme in order to promote growth in the wireless communications industry. This paper proposes a new allocation scheme for spectrum regulation that promotes competition in the marketplace in order ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions: Perspectives on Potential Changes to Department of Defense Acquisition Management Framework |
27-Feb-2009 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2008 directed GAO to report on potential modifications of the organization and structure of the Department of Defense (DOD) for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP). In preparing the report, the review was required to include the feasibility and advisability of seven potential modifications of DOD's organization and structure for MDAPs.1 We were charged with reporting on the feasibility and advisability of ... |
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| DoD Corrosion Prevention and Control. Current Program Status |
03-Feb-2009 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel J Dunmire; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC
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| Overview of briefing charts: revised law and organization place, strategies unchanged, DODI 5000.67 updated, corrosion executive assignment, additional projects funded for 2009, university consortium underway, new national academies study started, 1st DoD corrosion conference in August. |
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| The Value and Impacts of Alternative Fuel Distribution Concepts. Assessing the Army's Future Needs for Temporary Fuel Pipelines |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Bradley Wilson; David M Oaks; Matthew Stanford; RAND ARROYO CENTER SANTA MONICA CA
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| This document describes a study done for the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) to assess future needs for temporary petroleum pipeline structure. At the time this work was begun, the Army was weighing further development of a new pipeline capability, the Rapidly Installed Fuel Transfer System (RIFTS), and also conducting its normal cycle of future force structure planning. This project reviewed historical uses of temporary pipelines and surveyed ... |
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| Assessing Capabilities and Risks in Air Force Programming. Framework, Metrics, and Methods |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Don Snyder; Patrick Mills; Adam C Resnick; Brent D Fulton; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The goal of the defense budget is to deliver a portfolio of capabilities to meet a spectrum of uncertain future security environments. Despite progress in recent U.S. Air Force capabilities-based programming efforts, many limitations persist, and there are many disconnects between capability assessments and programming. To help mitigate these limitations, the findings presented here reexamine capabilities-based programming by introducing a new definition of capability metrics and a new set of ... |
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| Multi-Agent Technology for Airspace Control in the Combat Zone |
Jan-2009 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Victor A Skormin; ADVANCED TECHNICAL CONCEPTS BERKSHIRE NY
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| Successful airspace control is one of the key factors maximizing the effectiveness of air operations. It includes long and short-term planning and control that utilizes large and dynamic databases, and constitutes a combination of resource allocation, routing, scheduling, and deconfliction tasks performed repeatedly reflecting the battlefield dynamics. These tasks place heavy burden on personnel, leading to costly inefficiencies. Modern computing technologies are capable of expanding the share of airspace control ... |
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| Facilitating Smoking Cessation and Preventing Relapse in Primary Care: Minimizing Weight Gain by Reducing Alcohol |
Jan-2009 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Alan Peterson; Christopher Hunter; Christine Hunter; Mark B Sobell; Linda C Sobell; NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIV FORT LAUDERDALE FL COLL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
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| This project is evaluating a brief smoking cessation intervention for use in primary care settings. The Brief Counselor Assisted Program (BCAP) combines motivational interviewing, behavioral counseling and nicotine replacement therapy [NRT; nicotine patch and buproprion (Zyban)] with an emphasis on reducing alcohol consumption as a strategy for minimizing smoking cessation related weight gain. Participants are randomly assigned to BCAP or to a Self-Guided Program (SGP) where they receive NRT and ... |
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| Air Force Officer Specialty Structure. Reviewing the Fundamentals |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Raymond E Conley; Albert A Robbert; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Since its inception over 50 years ago, the Air Force specialty-classification structure has had only one major overhaul--in 1993. Yet, the Air Force has changed dramatically. It is smaller. Its people are more educated and experienced. Its missions have continued to evolve. Given the evolving missions, changing workforce, and changing nature of work, several senior Air Force leaders are asking whether the existing specialty codes provide the correct blend or ... |
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| Officer Classification and the Future of Diversity Among Senior Military Leaders: A Case Study of the Army ROTC |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Nelson Lim; Jefferson P Marquis; Kimberly C Hall; David Schulker; Xiaohui Zhuo; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Throughout recent history, the U.S. military has served as a model for racial integration and has seen diversity flourish in its organization. Still, while the enlisted ranks of the U.S. military exhibit a high level of demographic diversity, the leadership of the military has remained demographically homogenous. This report summarizes findings from an exploratory study of a potential barrier to improving demographic diversity in the senior officer ranks. We started ... |
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| Efficient Employment of Adaptive Sensor |
Dec-2008 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Lee K Kiang; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| We consider a sensor that is subject to false-positive and false-negative errors. The sensor searches for stationary threat objects such as ballistic missile launchers or improvised explosive devices. The objects are located in a certain area of interest, which is divided into area-cells. The area-cells are defined such that each one of them may contain, at most, one threat object. The task of the sensor is to determine if an ... |
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| An Analysis of the Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruisers 1B1B Account |
Dec-2008 |
151 pages |
| Authors:
Brian M Johnson; Martin L Edmonds; Jeff A Finlay; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this MBA Project is to review the current budgeting model and existing ship's Operating Target (OPTAR) data for fiscal year (FY) 2006 and 2007. The scope of analysis is limited to the Ticonderoga Class Cruiser (CG) 1B1B OPTAR other consumable (SO) account. The objective of this paper is to analyze the operating costs supporting the funding allocation method used by Commander, Naval Surface Force (CNSF) in support ... |
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| Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense |
15-Sep-2008 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Sharon Pickup; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Section 1221 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20066 requires us to submit quarterly updates to Congress on the costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom based on DOD's monthly "Supplemental and Cost of War Execution Reports." This report, which responds to this requirement, contains our analysis of DOD's reported obligations for military operations in support of GWOT through June 2008. Specifically, we assessed (1) ... |
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| Logistically Constrained Asset Scheduling in Maritime Security Operations |
01-Sep-2008 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Doyne D Clem; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Operational commanders and planners are challenged with maintaining fleet presence in many environments with limited resources. To add to this challenge, there are further constraints placed upon assets allocated to a given operational commander such as replenishments at sea, multinational exercises, diplomatic port visits, and predetermined in-chop and out-chop dates. In the case of the Combined Maritime Force (CMF), which operates in the FIFTH FLEET Area of Responsibility, these constraints ... |
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| A Heuristic Algorithm for U.S. Naval Mission Resource Allocation |
01-Sep-2008 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Derek T Dwyer; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Current military leadership is directing the U.S. Navy to engage in theater security cooperation activities or missions to bolster confidence and build trust relationships with other national military forces. Using ships efficiently by maximizing the value of missions accomplished in any time period is important because these missions affect world security, as well as our own national security. Recent research has developed a mixed-integer programming optimization model called Central-West Africa ... |
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| Analysis of Eye Movements in Change Detection with Teams Using a Simulated Tactical Situation Display |
Sep-2008 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Camilla C Knott; William T Nelson; Megan K McCroskey; Brent T Miller; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
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| Change blindness results from the absence of attention from the source of a change. Unsurprisingly, change blindness worsens in dual task and high workload conditions. Such is the environment in which teams of operators in military command and control missions operate, yet little is known about change blindness susceptibility in these conditions. A flicker task required individuals and dyads to detect changes under high and low task difficulty. Reaction time, ... |
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| Army Reserve Capabilities-Based Prioritization Study |
15-Aug-2008 |
178 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey Schamburg; ANDREW CHERRY; Eric S Tollefson; ARMY TRADOC ANALYSIS CENTER MONTEREY CA
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| This study was conducted for the United States Army Reserve (USAR), Program Analysis and Evaluation (PA&E) Directorate, as part of the Army Studies Program. In it, we were asked to identify a reproducible, quantifiable, qualifiable and auditable methodology for the prioritization and allocation of finite Army resources. The methodology must consider Army preferences for programs, determine individual program value, and link individual program value to available resources in order to ... |
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| The Critical Infrastructure Portfolio Selection Model |
13 JUN 2008 |
184 pages |
| Authors:
Travis J. Lindberg; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This thesis proposes and demonstrates a methodology that enables the user to generate optimal portfolios of projects, based largely on the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach developed by Israeli professors and industrial engineers, Harel Eilat, Boaz Golany, and Avraham Shtub. The purpose of this methodology, known as the Critical Infrastructure Portfolio Selection Model, is to help policy makers prioritize the allocation of resources while working towards the achievement of short ... |
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| Ensuring Schedulability in the Weapon Target Assignment Problem |
12-Jun-2008 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Debbie Pederson; DECISIVE ANALYTICS CORP ARLINGTON VA
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| Weapon Target Assignment (WTA): Given a set of weapon batteries and a set of incoming targets, what is the assignment of interceptors to targets that will maximize the value of targets killed? *Difficult problem to solve optimally for large numbers of weapons/targets. *May need to be re-solved repeatedly as battlespace evolves. *Need good, quick solution method. Goal: Compute a schedulable allocation of interceptors to threats within a relatively short amount ... |
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| The Use of the Analytical Hierarchy Process as a Source Selection Methodology and Its Potential Application within the Hellenic Air Force |
01-Jun-2008 |
99 pages |
| Authors:
Angelis Tsagdis; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis assesses the feasibility of using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) as a dynamic tool for decision-making in defense acquisition. The gradual reductions in defense budgets, the need for efficient allocation of funds among competitive activities, the demand from public opinion for rationality, transparency and efficiency in defense spending, the complicated legislation concerning procurements, all call for changes in the way officials make decisions. The AHP is a multiattribute ... |
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| Development of a Decision Support Tool to Inform Resource Allocation for Critical Infrastructure Protection in Homeland Security |
01-Jun-2008 |
101 pages |
| Authors:
Al; Waleed I Mannai; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Analysis of risk in critical infrastructure is one of the major problems facing Homeland Security today. Defining risk and applying it to systems, as opposed to individual assets, is a relatively new idea in Homeland Security policy. Thus, there is a need for a decision support tool to inform decision makers in Homeland Security of resource allocation strategies to harden assets that reduce overall network risk. Model Based Risk Assessment ... |
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| RM Methods for Multiple Fare Structure Environments |
JUN 2008 |
116 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew R. Kayser; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
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| The rapid growth of Low Cost Carriers (LCC) and their simplified fare structures has created "semi-restricted" fare structures where lower classes are undifferentiated except for price, while higher fare classes are still differentiated by various advance purchase and booking restrictions. The problem this causes is two-fold: (1) traditional revenue management systems, which operate based on the assumption of demand independence, will see demand "spiral down" into the lowest booking classes ... |
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| Enabling Joint Interdependence through Capability Portfolio Management |
30-May-2008 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
Peter W Matisoo; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| The future security environment will likely be characterized by uncertainty and dynamic, adaptive challenges. To successfully meet those challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense must become more responsive and efficient. The Department has made great strides in achieving efficiencies and unity of effort since the Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reform Act of 1986. Recent joint operational successes demonstrate the value of joint planning, unity of command and short, clear lines of authority ... |
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| Depot Maintenance: Issues and Options for Reporting on Military Depots |
15 MAY 2008 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Julia Denman; Carleen Bennett; Dawn Godfrey; LaShawnda Lindsey; Randy Neice; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| OBJECTIVES: (1) To what extent does the current 50/50 reporting on the mix of depot maintenance funding between the public and private sectors provide information for congressional oversight? (2) To what extent could reporting on core depot capabilities to Congress provide an alternative measure for assessing the balance of public and private sector depot maintenance workload? (3) What issues might Congress wish to consider to enhance reporting on military depots ... |
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| Competition in Defense Acquisitions |
14-May-2008 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
William Lucyshyn; Jacques S Gansler; MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
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| The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Progress Report and Issues for Congress |
14 APR 2008 |
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| Authors:
Tiaji Salaam-Blyther; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, is an independent foundation that seeks to attract and rapidly disburse new resources in developing countries aimed at countering the three diseases. The origins of the Fund as an independent entity to fight the three diseases lie partly in a French proposal made in 1998, in ideas developed in the 106th Congress, and in recommendations made by ... |
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| Three Papers in International Health Policy: Modeling the Links between Economics and Epidemiology |
01-Apr-2008 |
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| Authors:
Arindam Dutta; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Paper I establishes the benefits of linking epidemiological modeling with international health resource allocation decisions, reviewing the recent modeling literature on pandemic influenza control. The review indicates that outbreaks in resource poor settings are controllable with moderate resource intensity and complexity of effort for viral strains of moderate infectiousness. However, very high resource allocations for preparedness in industrialized nations -- at low geographic risk for the pandemic -- are predicated ... |
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| Maritime Pre-Positioning Force-Future: Bill Payer or Sea Basing Enabler? |
25-Mar-2008 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
William R Grotewold; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Actions at sea no longer suffice to influence world events; actions from the sea must impact events ashore. The U.S. Navy has been slow to embrace this paradigm shift because of resource implications, interservice and intraservice rivalry, and a service culture which favors large blue water ships. The sea basing concept must be reexamined by all services to actualize the concept's true potential. The Maritime Prepositioning Force-Future (MPF-F) program, envisioned ... |
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| Roles and Missions: Are We Doing It Right? |
24 MAR 2008 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
James R. Hetherington; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The US military needs to optimize its resources and cut out waste wherever possible. With the national debt topping 9.4 trillion dollars, and no end in sight in the war on terror, the military needs to do a better job allocating and spending its funding. As senior military leaders fight over the roles and missions of the services, the unacceptable easy answer is to allow the services to buy equipment ... |
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| Iraq: Reconstruction Assistance |
24 MAR 2008 |
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| Authors:
Curt Tarnoff; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| A large-scale assistance program has been undertaken by the United States in Iraq since mid-2003. To date, nearly $45 billion has been appropriated for Iraq reconstruction. On December 26, 2007, H.R. 2764, the FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act, was signed into law (P.L. 110-161). Although it specifically rejects most regular or supplemental economic assistance to Iraq under the State/Foreign Operations appropriations, it provides about $2.1 billion in reconstruction assistance, mostly for ... |
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| Coast Guard. Observations on the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget, Recent Performance, and Related Challenges |
06 MAR 2008 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen L. Caldwell; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Coast Guard's fiscal year 2009 budget request is approximately 7 percent higher than its fiscal year 2008 enacted budget, which continues the upward trend seen in recent years. Major increases in this year s budget are attributable to operating expenses for the funding of additional marine inspectors and new command and control capabilities. Major increases in this year s budget are also attributed to acquisition, construction and improvements for ... |
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| Adapting the Dynamic Allocation of Fires and Sensors (DAFS) Model for Use in Maritime Combat Analysis |
MAR 2008 |
143 pages |
| Authors:
Scott B. Hattaway; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The U.S. Navy employs several models of maritime combat to provide analytical rigor to force structure and weapon system procurement policies. All of the models currently used are high resolution and deterministic, providing very detailed results but without any measurement of variance or any statistical manner of evaluating risk. This thesis provides the initial groundwork for a low resolution stochastic maritime combat model that may provide an initial evaluation and ... |
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| Collaborative Planning in Network-Enabled Co-Located and Distributed Environments |
MAR 2008 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
William R. Sanders; Christopher V. Fultz; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ARLINGTON VA
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| A defining feature of Army transformation will be the development of digital communications capabilities to support distributed battle command. To support new equipment development a realistic planning task is required which can yield an objective planning performance benchmark score. The Reactive Planning Strategies Simulation (REPSS) presents a group planning and resource allocation task that can be used to generate a benchmark performance score. The present research investigated whether a benchmark ... |
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| Creating an Agent Based Framework to Maximize Information Utility |
MAR 2008 |
122 pages |
| Authors:
John M. Pecarina; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| With increased reliance on communications to conduct military operations, information centric network management becomes vital. A Defense department study of information management for net-centric operations lists the need for tools for information triage (based on relevance, priority, and quality) to counter information overload, semi-automated mechanisms for assessment of quality and relevance of information, and advances to enhance cognition and information understanding in the context of missions. Maximizing information utility to ... |
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| An Analysis of the Marine Corps Enlistment Bonus Program |
MAR 2008 |
111 pages |
| Authors:
Billy H. Ramsey; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Marine Corps has been very successful at meeting its yearly recruiting goal. However, the Marine Corps does struggle to recruit the correct number of applicants into each enlistment program. Enlistment bonuses are used to attract highly qualified applicants into critically short enlistment programs and the enlistment bonus budget has increased significantly in the past 3 years. The Marine Corps has the ability to determine what enlistment programs are considered ... |
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