Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Resilient Aircraft Maintenance Constructs: Enhancing Repair Network Designs to Effectively Manage Risks and Supply Chain Interruptions, Thomas S. Bihansky
Flightline Heroics and the Façade of a Healthy Common Support Equipment Fleet, Benjamin D. Bobic
Shop Around: An Experiment on Air Force Vehicle Parts Procurement, Melvin K. Boothe
Looking Past the Spark to Find the Fuel of the Arab Spring Fire, Luke M. Brantley
Band of Brothers… And Sisters: Developing a Strategy for Integrating Women into the Combat Rescue Officer Career Field, Samantha R. Bryan
Cyber Data Anomaly Detection Using Autoencoder Neural Networks, Spencer A. Butt
C-130J Inventory Control Point Location Determination, Joshua P. Casey
They're Only Nuclear Weapons: An Exploratory Analysis of Safety Climate within the Nuclear Enterprise, Brandon M. Clements
Improving Personnel Selection through Value Focused Thinking, Joshua D. Deehr
Air Force Officer Attrition: An Ecconometric Analysis, Jacob T. Elliot
Market Basket Analysis with Shortened Web Link Click Data, James C. Gallagher
The Africa First Initiative and Local Procurement, Rachel E. Herald
Supply Chain Financial Analysis in Support of International Development Objectives, Michael J. Hester
Strategic Sourcing Via Category Management: Helping Air Force Installation Contracting Agency Eat One Piece of the Elephant, Theodore S. Holliger
An Open Source Approach to Social Media Data Gathering, Anthony J. Kallhoff
Real-Time Heuristics and Metaheuristics for Static and Dynamic Weapon Target Assignments, Alexander G. Kline
Flexibility – Designing for Optionality on Warehouse Modernization Projects, Stephen T. Lane
A Surprising Symbiosis: Examining the Mutualism in Department of Defense Conservation Partnerships, Andrew J. Lankow
Parametric Survival Analysis of US Air Force Rated Officer Retention, Jacob R. Lindell
Experimental Designs, Meta-Modeling, and Meta-learning for Mixed-Factor Systems with Large Decision Spaces, Zachary C. Little
Scheduling Tool for the Nevada Test and Training Range, Miguel J. Macias
A System Dynamics Innovation Diffusion Model Applied to Carbon Nanotube Manufacturing, Frances G. MacKinnon
Water Security Issues Affecting Migration and Conflict in the Middle East, Richard E. Mard
A study of Military Health Care Costs: Direct versus Purchased Care in a Geographical Region, Lindsey N. McEvoy
Cultivating Agile Organizational Culture: Addressing Resistance to Change in Bureaucratic Government Organizations, Michael P. McLane
Flightline Simulation Model of a Squadron, Huseyin Mert
Sentiment Analysis of Twitter Data, Evan L. Munson
Forecasting Country Conflict within Modified Combatant Command Regions using Statistical Learning Methods, Sarah Neumann
Not All Tons Are Created Equal; Analyzing Aerial Port Capability to Define the Working Ton, Casey L. Owens
Critical Issues in the Air Force Medical Equipment Procurement Process, Samuel H. Pang
Characterization of Ambient Noise, Rachel C. Ramirez
Assessing the Reliability of the B-1B Lancer Using Survival Analysis, Francisco J. Rodriguez
Evaluating the Air Force Inspection System, Luis D. Rosado-Medina
The Developmental Test Scheduling Problem, Joseph E. Schoenbeck
Text Classification of installation Support Contract Topic Models for Category Management, William C. Sevier
Predicting Global Disposition of U.S. Military Personnel via Open-Source, Unclassified Means, Matthew T. Small
The Application of Text Mining and Data Visualization Techniques to Textual Corpus Exploration, Jeffrey R. Smith Jr.
A Study of Collaboration between the Defense Logistics Agency and the U.S. Agency for International Development in the Conduct of humanitarian Operations, Jessica M. Thomas
Outlier Classification Criterion for Multivariate Cyber Anomaly Detection, Alexander M. Trigo
Managing Supply Discrepancies: The Effect of Performance Measurement and Feedback on Order Fulfillment Quality, Michael J. Weber
Generating Strong Diversity of Opinions: Agent Models of Continuous Opinion Dynamics, Christopher W. Weimer
Analysis of a Voting Method for Ranking Network Centrality Measures on a Node-aligned Multiplex Network, Kyle S. Wilkinson
Aerial Port of the Future: Developing Paperless Operations, Peter J. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Determining Field Requirements of the Air Force Supply System: a Delphi Study, Dominic G. Baker
On Proportionate and Truthful International Alliance Contributions: An Analysis of Incentive Compatible Cost Sharing Mechanisms to Burden Sharing, William N. Caballero
Benchmarking DoD Use of Additive Manufacturing and Quantifying Costs, Ryan C. Crean
Improving Minuteman III Maintenance Concepts, Daniel W. Crouch
A Condition Based Maintenance Approach to Forecasting B-1 Aircraft Parts, Joshua D. DeFrank
A Scenario-Based Parametric Analysis of Stable Marriage Approaches to the Army Officer Assignment Problem, Matthew D. Ferguson
Survival Analysis of US Air Force Officer Retention Rate, Courtney N. Franzen
An Analysis of Forecasting Methods on Supply Discrepancy Reporting, Cody S. Freeborn
An Investigation into the Indicators of a Successful Total Force Association, Greg E. Hoyt
Supply Base Reduction Efforts Regarding Laboratory Reagents within Hospital Networks, Kelsie L. Hughes
Refugees in Urban Environments: Social, Economic, and Infrastructure Impacts, Garrett L. Jameson
Using Markov Decision Processes with Heterogeneous Queueing Systems to Examine Military MEDEVAC Dispatching Policies, Phillip R. Jenkins
Real-Time Heuristic Algorithms for the Static Weapon-Target Assignment Problem, Alexander G. Kline
Common Support Equipment and Its Impact on Aircraft Availability, Jason M. Leighton
Cost Versus Risk: The Policy of Nuclear Weapon Maintenance of Tritium Based Limited Life Components, Michael P. Mason
Analyzing the Critical Supply Chain for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Megan L. Muniz
A System Dynamics Model Investigating the Efficacy of Non-Kinetic Policy Strategies on the Diffusion of Democratic Ideologies in China, Maria S. Phillips
Simulation Modeling and Analysis of Deployed F-16 Operations and Logistics Support, Gregory D. Potts II
Development and Investigation of an Air Transportation Operations Safety Climate Scale, Matthew D. Roberts
Examining Regionalization Efforts to Develop Lessons Learned and Consideration for Department of Defense Medical Facilities, Erik B. Schuh
Optimal Design of a Hexakis Icosahedron Vacuum Based Lighter than Air Vehicle, Joseph R. Schwemmer
An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach for Comparing Firing Solutions in a Networked Air Defense Environment, Daniel S. Summers
Maintenance Officer Initial Skills Training Timeline, Aaron T. Vincent
2018 Military Retirement Options: An Expected Net Present Value Decision Analysis Model, Bret N. Witham
Application of Enlisted Force Retention Levels and Career Field Stability, Jamie T. Zimmermann
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Improving the Nuclear Reform Implementation for Success, Allen Y. Agnes
Applying Lean to the AC-130 Maintenance Process for the Royal Saudi Air Force, Fisal A. Alzahrani
An Examination of Commercial Motor Vehicle Hours of Service Safety Regulation, Jason R. Anderson
Simulation Of Modeling Sortie Generation Process In TURAF, Bahadir Aykiri
Non-Linear Metamodeling Extensions to the Robust Parameter Design of Computer Simulations, Joseph P. Bellucci
Simulation of Aircraft Sortie Generation under an Autonomic Logistics System, Gunduz Bingol
Heterogeneous Air Defense Battery Location: A Game Theoretic Approach, Nicholas T. Boardman
United States Air Force Officer Manpower Planning Problem via Approximate Dynamic Programming, Amelia E. Bradshaw
Contingency Workload Demand Forecast Techniques for Cargo and Flying Hours, Calvin J. Bradshaw III
Logistics Simulation for Long Duration Logistics Wargames, Kevin R. Cardenas
USAF Female Pilot Turnover Influence: A Delphi Study of Work-Home Conflict, David C. Caswell
Consolidating Supply Chain Management Education Through Professional Certification, Christopher L. Clawson
AMLO Promotion : Perception and Reality, Nicholas J. Conklin
Antecedents of Fuel Efficiency, James A. Cotton
Determination of Fire Control Policies via Approximate Dynamic Programming, Michael T. Davis
Modeling and Economy’s Dynamics and External Influences Through a System of Differential Equations, Thomas M. Dickey
Analysis of Military Entry Control Point Queueing, Justin J. Dwyer
A Response Surface Validation of a Quantum Key Distribution Model, Jacob M. Ehrlich
Epidemiology, Cost, And Aircraft Choice For Aeromedical Evacuation In AFRICOM, Daniel A. Griffith
An Examination of Economic Metrics as Indicators of Air Force Retention, Helen L. Jantscher
Simulation Modeling and Analysis of Air Force Depot Engine Repair During Normal and Increased Operational Tempos, Changsung Kim
A "Big Bang" versus a "Small Bang" Approach: A Case Study of the Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) and the Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Initiative (MROi), George B. Lafiguera
The Impact of Reducing Full Time Support Positions in the U.S. Army National Guard and Reserves, Lucas J. Lease
Overhaul Facility Planning and Control Tool Selection and Implementation Analysis, Santiago L. Martin
Long-Term Impacts of Military Drawdown on the Industrial Base, Anton H. Martyn
Rate Setting Analysis: A Statistical Approach to Outlier Analysis In The Rate Setting Process Within The United States Transportation Command, Warren B. McGriff
Autoencoded Reduced Clusters for Anomaly Detection Enrichment (ARCADE) In Hyperspectral Imagery, Brenden A. McLean
Modeling The Components Of An Economy As A Complex Adaptive System, Richard J. Mickelsen
The Influence of Education and Experience upon Contextual and Task Performance in Warehouse Operations, Allen R. Miller