Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Prediction of Persistent Post-Traumatic Headache with Long Short-Term Memory Networks, Todd C. Campo
Information System Availability Status and its impact on Customer Wait Times, Joshua A. Cramer
Garbage In ≠ Garbage Out: Exploring GAN Resilience to Image Training Set Degradations, Nicholas M. Crino
The Aerial Refueling Asset Basing and Assignment Problem, Camryn E. Deames
U.S. Army Force Structure Optimization and Sufficiency Analysis, Francis P. Gargin
A Comparison of Wireless Sensor Networks Under Stochastic Deployment Methods to Ideal Network Structures, Andrew J. Grove
An Analysis of Aircraft Maintenance Leading Indicator Metrics to Unit-level Aircraft Availability Rates, William C. Hardy
Hierarchical Federated Learning on Healthcare Data: An Application to Parkinson's Disease, Brandon J. Harvill
Lunar Search and Rescue: The Next Step for Human Spaceflight Recovery, Benjamin J. Johnis
Automated Registration of Titanium Metal Imaging of Aircraft Components Using Deep Learning Techniques, Nathan A. Johnston
Pattern of Life Modeling on Maritime Vessels with Bayesian Inferencing, Miles A. Kelly
Designing a Counter-IADS Drone Swarm: Using Evolution to Evaluate Combat Assumptions Underpinning Drone Swarm Target Assignment, Olin H. Kennedy
Bayesian Recurrent Neural Networks for Real Time Object Detection, Stephen Z. Kimatian
Uncertainty Quantification in Federated Learning for Persistent Post-traumatic Headache, Byungmoo Brian Kim
Predicting Success of Pilot Training Candidates Using Interpretable Machine Learning, Alexandra S. King
Probability of Agreement as a Simulation Validation Methodology, Matthew C. Ledwith
Air Force Cadet to Career Field Matching Problem, Ian P. MacDonald
Advancing Autonomous Swarm Behavior in a Simulated Anti-access Area Denial (A2AD) Environment, Chad P. MacWilkinson
Simulating Autonomous Drone Swarm Behaviors in an Anti-access Area Denial (A2AD) Environment, Alexander L. Martinez
Portfolio Optimization using Value Focused Thinking, Tyler Martin
Examining Fuel Service System Failures of the USAF R11 Using Survival Analysis, Roed M.S. Mejia
Inducing Sparsity Within High-dimensional Remote Sensing Modalities for Lightning Prediction, Grace E. Metzgar
Examining Failures of KC-135 Boom Assemblies Using Survival Analysis, Benjamin D. Miller
An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach for Solving an Air Combat Maneuvering Problem with Directed Energy Weapons, Elisha A. Palm
The U.S. Army Officer-to-Unit Assignment Problem, Andrea L. Phillips
Simulation and Analysis of Dynamic Threat Avoidance Routing in an Anti-access Area Denial (A2AD) Environment, Dante C. Reid
Analysis and Optimization of Contract Data Schema, Franklin Sun
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Evaluating Performance Competencies in the Royal Saudi Air Force Engineering Directorate and Squadrons, Faisal A. Al Dawood
Investigating Supply Parts Delivery Delay from Supply Depot to King Khaled Air Base in Royal Saudi Air Force, Rashed S. Alkhathami
Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Saudi Land Bridge Project, Faris J. Alotaibi
Military Personnel Flight Customer Wait Time Reduction Model Using Simulation, Nicholas C. Anderson
Inverse Optimization: Inferring Unknown Instance Parameters from Observed Decisions, Keith Batista
Training LOGIC and Random Forest Models to Predict IT Spending, Jacob P. Batt
Analysis of Container Shipments for USTRANSCOM, John N. Campos Y Campos
Game Theory Framework to Evaluate Nuclear Deterrence, Michael A. Cevallos
Generative Methods, Meta-learning, and Meta-heuristics for Robust Cyber Defense, Marc W. Chale
A Decision Analysis Framework to Consider Space Congestion in Orbit Selection, Anthony J. Correale
Smoothing of Convolutional Neural Network Classifications, Glen R. Drumm
A Decision Support Simulation to Analyze Scheduling Alternatives for Applicant Processing at Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS), Jonathan M. Escamilla
Assessing The United States Foreign Assistance Activities Impact on Violent Conflicts, Daniel F. Feze
Evaluating the Military Medical Evacuation Dispatching and Delivery Problem via Simulation and Self-Exciting Hawkes Process, Virbon B. Frial
Incorporating Armed Escorts to the Military Medical Evacuation Dispatching Problem via Stochastic Optimization and Reinforcement Learning, Andrew G. Gelbard
Analysis of the Perspective on Syrian Refugees by Neighboring Countries, Norma Ghanem
Narrative Analysis of Open-Source Social Media Activity in the INDOPACOM AOR, Aaron K. Glenn
Simulating Autonomous Cruise Missile Swarm Behaviors in an Anti-Access Area Denial (A2AD) Environment, Kyle W. Goggins
Emergency Logistics Stochastic Network Optimization with Prepositioning and Distribution Center Support, Christian Graves
Approximate Dynamic Programming for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Problem with Obstacles and Stochastic Target Arrivals, Kassie M. Gurnell
Retention Prediction and Policy Optimization for United States Air Force Personnel Management, Joseph C. Hoecherl
The Cyber Wargame Commodity Course of Action Automated Analysis Method, Alex Hoffendahl
Optimal Scheduling Of Aircraft Test and Evaluation Fleets to Balance Availability for Testing and Training, Sarah E. Hoops
Indicators of Political Instability in the Presence of Rapid Urban and Youth Population Growth, Douglas W. Hubbard
Qualitative Insights on the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) of Excellence Program, Brian T. Johnson
Optimal Aircraft Maneuvering Models for Cruise Missile Engagement: a Modeling and Computational Study, Izaiah G. Laduke
A New Approach to Career Field Matching for Commissioning Air Force Cadets, Daniel Griffen Laird
Improving Country Conflict and Peace Modeling: Datasets, Imputations, and Hierarchical Clustering, Benjamin D. Leiby
Experimental Design on High-Speed Sliding Wear, Irene D. Liew
Analysis of Twitter Networks to Aid Open Source Intelligence Capabilities: A Multilayer Network Approach, Austin P. Logan
Measuring Seaport Performance and Congestion in the Republic of Korea, Derrick J. Lohr
Generalized Robust Feature Selection, Bradford L. Lott
Comparison of Lightning Warning Radii Distributions, Michael M. Maestas
Using Generative Adversarial Networks to Augment Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Image Classification Training Sets, Benjamin J. McCloskey
Number of Authorized Suppliers and Supplier Delivery Performance, Beau D. Messenger
Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network with Prediction Smoothing and Adversarial Class Thresholds, Noah M. Miller
Multiagent Routing Problem with Dynamic Target Arrivals Solved via Approximate Dynamic Programming, Andrew E. Mogan
Team Air Combat using Model-based Reinforcement Learning, David A. Mottice
Operational and Cost Analysis of a LEO Radar-Based Satellite Constellation, Kyle O. Norbert
An Exploratory Analysis of Time Series Econometric Data for Retention Forecasting using Deep Learning, John C. O'Donnell
Examining the Relationship between an Aging Workforce and Logistics Performance Indicators, Daniel Parkhill
Screening Heuristics for the Evaluation of Covert Network Node Insertion Scenarios, Andrew E. Pekarek
Applying Models of Circadian Stimulus to Explore Ideal Lighting Configurations, Alexander J. Price
Understanding Logistics Airmen’s Risk Information Seeking and Processing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Organizational Meetings in an Extended PRISM Framework, Christopher T. Price
Air Force Specialty Code Assignment Optimization, Rebecca L. Reynolds
Reconciliation, Restoration and Reconstruction of a Conflict Ridden Country, Muhammad S. Riaz
Analyzing the Impact of Blood Transfusion Kits and Triage Misclassification Errors for Military Medical Evacuation Dispatching Policies via Approximate Dynamic Programming, Channel A. Rodriguez
Analysis of Generalized Artificial Intelligence Potential through Reinforcement and Deep Reinforcement Learning Approaches, Jonathan Turner
Identifying Characteristics for Success of Robotic Process Automations, Charles M. Unkrich
Examining Failures of KC-135s using Survival Analysis, Vanessa I. R. Unseth
Innovative Heuristics to Improve the Latent Dirichlet Allocation Methodology for Textual Analysis and a New Modernized Topic Modeling Approach, Jamie T. Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Strategic Upgrade Scheduling and Portfolio Management to Fortify Contested Networks, Justin L. Anderson
An Examination into Retention Behavior of Air Force Female Officers, Jessica M. Astudillo
Deep Learning for Weather Clustering and Forecasting, Nathaniel R. Beveridge
Meta-Heuristic Optimization Methods for Quaternion-Valued Neural Networks, Jeremiah P. Bill
Contract Information Extraction Using Machine Learning, Zachary E. Butcher
Predicting F-16 Cause Code H MICAP Hours Using JMP Regression Analysis, Scott E. Carr
Reducing Military Personnel Flight Wait Times Using a Simulation, Matthew D. Cornman
Examining the Influence of Source Dependence on Supplier Performance in the USAF Organic Supply Chain, Thomas A. Counter
Examining the Impact of Logistics on Military Strength among East Asian Nations Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Meaghan E. Crandell
Air Combat Maneuvering via Operations Research and Artificial Intelligence Methods, James B. Crumpaker
The Impact of Threat Levels at the Casualty Collection Point on Military Medical Evacuation System Performance, Nathaniel C. Dennie
Exploring the Limits of Strategic Thought: Evaluating how Different Communication Modalities Affect the Nature of Strategic Decision-Making using Cognitive Hierarchy, Stephen D. Donnel
Performance Improvement through Better Understanding of Supply Chain Resilience, Amanda L. Femano
Combat Assessment for the Simulation of Warfare, Benjamin L. Finch
An Examination of Potential Training Regression Recognition Algorithms for Pilot Training Next, Alex R. Gaines
Examining Military Cargo Pilots' Eco-friendly Flying Intention, Ioan A. Gaitan
The Autonomous Attack Aviation Problem, John C. Goodwill
The Impact of Triage Classification Errors on Military Medical Evacuation System Performance, Emily S. Graves
Using Custom NER Models to Extract DOD Specific Entities from Contracts, Kayla P. Haberstich
Automated Sentiment Analysis for Personnel Survey Data in the US Air Force Context, Julia M. Haines