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Submissions from 2024
Relative Vectoring using Dual Object Detection for Autonomous Aerial Refueling, Derek B. Worth, Jeffrey L. Choate, James Lynch, Scott L. Nykl, and Clark N. Taylor
Machine Visual Perception from Sim-to-real Transfer Learning for Autonomous Docking Maneuvers, Derek Worth, Jeffrey Choate, Ryan M. Raettig, Scott L. Nykl, and Clark N. Taylor
Interference of photons and polarization-based quantum state tomography through emulated atmospheric turbulence, Keith A. Wyman, Noah Everett, and Anil K. Patnaik
Leveraging Large Language Models for Word Sense Disambiguation, Jung H. Yae, Nolan C. Skelly, Neil C. Ranly, and Phillip M. LaCasse
Editorial: Artificial Intelligence for Smart Health: Learning, Simulation, and Optimization, Bing Yao, Nathan Gaw, and Hyo Kyung Lee
Editorial: Observations and Simulations of Layering Phenomena in the Middle/upper Atmosphere and Ionosphere, Bingkun Yu, Xuguang Cai, Daniel J. Emmons II, Chong Wang, and Jainfei Wu
How Individuals’ Opinions Influence Society’s Resistance to Epidemics: an Agent-based Model Approach, Geonsik Yu, Michael J. Garee, Mario Ventresca, and Yuehwern Yih
Charactering Receiver Clocks for the Detection and Identification of Inauthentic GNSS Signals, Zen Zhu, Sanjeev Gunawardena, Eric Vinande, and Jason Pontious
Approaches to Improve Preprocessing for Latent Dirichlet Allocation Topic Modeling, Jamie Zimmermann, Lance E. Champagne, John M. Dickens, and Benjamin T. Hazen
Submissions from 2023
A Finite Element Study on the Effects of Thickness and Material Nonlinearity on the Equilibrium Path of Axially Loaded Circular Cylindrical Shells, Ruben Adorno and Anthony N. Palazotto
Thermal Blooming with Laser-induced Convection: Radial Basis Function Simulation, Benjamin F. Akers, Steven T. Fiorino, and Jonah A. Reeger
A Study of the Effects of Containment Wall on the Combustion of Swirl-Stabilized Flames, Saja Al-Rifai, Cheng-Xian Lin, Brian T. Bohan, Kevin J. Demarco, and Marc D. Polanka
Adoption of Model-Based Systems Engineering in Traditional DoD Systems, Patrick E. Assef and Jeremy R. Geiger
Investigation of In-Cylinder Pressure Measurement Methods within a Two-Stroke Spark Ignition Engine, Joseph K. Ausserer, Marc D. Polanka, Paul J. Litke, and Keith D. Grinstead
Decimation Classes of Nonnegative Integer Vectors using Multisets, Daniel M. Baczkowski and Dursun A. Bulutoglu
Leadership Matters: An Industrial Engineering Framework for Developing and Sustaining Industry, Adedeji B. Badiru and Melinda L. Tourangeau
Modeling Potential Damages of Hurricanes at the Facility Scale: A Case Study of Eglin Air Force Base, Alexander J. Baldwin, Christopher M. Chini, Steven J. Schuldt, and Justin D. Delorit
Protecting Coastal Installation Electric Infrastructure from Flooding, Dylan Bechen, Christopher M. Chini, Gregory Howland, and Zachary Moer
The Characteristics of Successful Military IT Projects: A Cross-country Empirical Study, Helene Berg and Jonathan D. Ritschel
Beauty in chaos: the hidden art and sacred geometric designs of trajectories in multi-body gravitational systems, Robert A. Bettinger, Adam P. Wilmer, Liberty M. Shockley, and Nathan R. Boone
A Comparison of Quaternion Neural Network Backpropagation Algorithms, Jeremiah Bill, Bruce A. Cox, and Lance Champaign
Correlations for the Performance, Efficiency, and Energy Losses for Single Cylinder, Four-Cycle Internal Combustion Engines with Displaced Volumes Ranging from 40 to 200 cc., Jason R. Blantin, Marc D. Polanka, Joseph K. Ausserer, and Jacob A. Baranski
ADS-B Classification using Multivariate Long Short-term Memory–fully Convolutional Networks and Data Reduction Techniques, Sarah Bolton, Richard Dill, Michael R. Grimaila, and Douglas Hodson
Aircraft Classification Using Flight Phase Identification, Sarah Bolton, Richard Dill, Michael R. Grimaila, and Douglas D. Hodson
Debris Collision Risk Analysis Following Simulated Cislunar Spacecraft Explosions, Nathan R. Boone and Robert A. Bettinger