Search results for “[Subject: optimization]”

• Author(s): Air Force Institute of Technology (U S ) | Derek Tharaldson • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralWith increasing developments in computer technology and available software, simulation is becom...

• Author(s): Todd William Beard • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: Civil - GeneralA design process is demonstrated for a coexistent scenario containing Spectrally Modulated, Spectrally Encoded (SMSE) and Direct...

• Author(s): Thomas P. White • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis study addressed the need for a model of Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) to provide insight to decision makers. A simulation model w...

• Author(s): Sarah E. Shelton • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe Army is concerned with maintaining safe operations in light of increasing operational demands. The Army Safety Center s goal, as appro...

• Author(s): Jason L. Baldwin • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralSatellite formations, otherwise known in the space community as satellite clusters or distributed satellite systems, have been studied ext...

• Author(s): Murat Toydas • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralFuel is a critical strategic asset for military aviation operations, yet is increasingly expensive. Air refueling offers both the opportunity ...

• Author(s): David C. Longhorn • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralOne of the toughest jobs in the Army is that of the recruiter. Recruiters are tasked with the awesome job of convincing young men and wom...

• Author(s): Michael T. Morgan • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe purpose of this research was to further define the position of maximum benefit for the wingman of a two-ship formation of aircraft. A...

• Author(s): Michael C. Dawson • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralSince the events of September 11, 2001, security for the nation's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile force has become a prominent concern...

• Author(s): Jason S. Hamilton • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: Aviation - GeneralIn support of US Air Force efforts to conserve resources without sacrificing capability, this research examines the question o...

• Author(s): David Bethea • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis research focuses on reducing computational time in parameter optimization by using multiple surrogates and subprocess CPU times without c...

• Author(s): Timothy J. Stuart • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe Air Mobility Command (AMC) tanker force is heavily tasked moving fighter units on Coronets (missions to and from exercises, deploymen...

• Author(s): John E. Tryon • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralRapid Engineering Deployable, Heavy Operational Repair Squadron, Engineer (RED HORSE) Squadrons are 400-person, self-contained, combat engine...

• Author(s): Todd J. Paciencia • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralTwo new algorithms are presented for multi-objective optimization of mixed-variable, stochastic systems. Both are based off of prior algo...

• Author(s): John S. Woo • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralIs there a better way to organize staffs in operational headquarters based on their roles? Following 9/11 in the ensuing Global War on Terror, ...

• Author(s): Michael R. Quashne • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis research uses asset allocation concepts to determine the correct amount of cargo to send down the PAKGLOC and NDN to minimize the r...

• Author(s): Christopher D. Arendt • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralMany design problems require the optimization of competing objective functions that may be too complicated to solve analytically. The...

• Author(s): Raymond O. Jones • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: Public Policy - Military PolicyThe purpose of the paper is to investigate the role of Psychological Operations (PSYOP) in the wake of the new thr...

• Author(s): Air Force Institute of Technology (U S ) | Traci A. Keller • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralA quantum cascade (QC) laser is a specific type of semiconductor laser that operates through pri...

• Author(s): Huseyin Gozebe • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: Civil - GeneralThis research is intended to find a new heuristic for solving the reliability optimization of n-stage series system. The new heurist...

• Author(s): Adrian A. De Freitas • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralAnt colony optimization algorithms have long been touted as providing an effective and efficient means of generating high quality solu...

• Author(s): US Air Force | Bruce W. Terry | III Costello Peter A. • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralDoctrinal differences over the employment of airpower are as old as military aviation itself. One par...

• Author(s): Richard S. Seymour • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralCooperative agent systems are designed so that each is working toward the same common good. The problem is that software systems are com...

• Author(s): Robert R. Basom • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralUnmanned aircraft are rapidly becoming the platform of choice for military and governmental leaders. In recent years, the United States (US...

• Author(s): Judson C. Dressler • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralSince its introduction, the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) meta-heuristic has been successfully applied to a wide range of combinatorial ...

• Author(s): David J. Wakefield • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralAFIT research in support of the Advanced Logistics Project is directed at developing a Mission-Resource Value Assessment Tool for ration...

• Author(s): National Aeronautics and Space Administr | Michael M. Tiller • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralIn engineering, simulation software is often used as a convenient means for carrying out exper...

• Author(s): National Aeronautics and Space Administr | Michael Stephen Harvey • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe displacement formulation of the finite element method is the most general and most wi...

• Author(s): Michael C. Novy • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis research addresses the problem of formulating and analyzing the single vehicle path planning problem for radar exposure minimization. ...

• Author(s): National Aeronautics and Space Administr | May Yuen Lau • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralAirplane optimization has always been the goal of airplane designers. In the conceptual design phas...

• Author(s): Nicholas S. Green • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis study is based on the merger of two separate theories to further the efficiency with which joined-wing structural models are designe...

• Author(s): Benjamin S. Kallemyn • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis thesis develops optimization models for prioritizing payloads for inclusion on satellite buses with volume, power, weight and bud...

• Author(s): Gokay Bulut • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralModern Times' bring change in all areas of life. Even the rate of change has changed and is still changing to increase its enormous speed even ...

• Author(s): Steven C. Oimoen • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThis research presents three contributions for solving highly dynamic (i.e. drastic change within the network) Multi-commodity Capacitated...

• Author(s): Barry D. Bennett • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe United States Air Force is increasingly facing more diverse threat situations while existing force structure levels are being reduced ...

• Author(s): Taeho Kim • Publisher: Biblioscholar • Publisher Imprint: Biblioscholar • BISAC: GeneralThe purposes of this research were: (1) the modeling of a CID situation and (2) the search for robust and controllable input variable settings. T...