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IDENTIFYING VARIANCE BETWEEN MATERIEL AND NON-MATERIEL SOLUTION REQUIREMENT ATTRIBUTES

Description:: In 2008, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) performed a study on 11 Department of Defense (DoD) programs and compared how requirements were developed between DoD and private industry. The study found that the DoD did not follow good Systems Engineering practices when developing...
Author:: Rettaliata, Justin Michael
Keyword:: Non-Materiel Solution, Requirement Attributes, Systems Engineering, Materiel Solution, and Requirements Development
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Dever, Jason, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Murphree, E Lile, Sarkani, Shahram, and Bischoff, John
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Schedule Performance Approach for Level of Effort Tasks

Description:: This dissertation introduces a new schedule performance approach for level-of-effort (LOE) tasks for use by systems engineers, engineering managers, and systems engineering managers. This dissertation research investigates the problem of an objective LOE approach, or quantitative model, for the...
Author:: Townsend, Lynwood Ashton
Keyword:: Engineering Management, Earn Value Management, Operations Research, Systems Engineering, Project Management, and Program Management
GW Unit:: School of Engineering and Applied Science
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward L, Bischoff, John E, and Eftekari, Reza
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

RISK PRECURSOR ANALYSIS: AN ASSESSMENT OF FLIGHT VARIABLES AFFECTING CIVIL AVIATION ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS

Description:: Flight safety has been an important topic for both academia and the industry. Aviation experts and authorities, as well as commercial airline administrators, have always been looking for improvements in the safety of flights. Researchers, on the other hand, have tried to model avionic fatalities...
Author:: Kashef, Mohammad
Keyword:: Data Analysis, Flight Safety, Aviation Accidents, Risk Management, Systems Engineering, and CCA
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Olson, Bill, Blackburn, Timothy, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Murphree, E. Lile, and Sarkani, Shahram
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Application of a Novel Multiple Kernel Learning Framework for Improving the Robustness of Network Intrusion Detection

Description:: Current day Network Intrusion Detection Systems have several shortcomings such as high rates of false positive alerts, low detection rates of rare but dangerous attacks and the need for constant human intervention and tuning. Daily reports of incidents appear in public media including major...
Author:: Fossaceca, John M.
Keyword:: Cybersecurity, Pattern Recognition, Multiple Kernel Learning, Adaptive Boosting, Systems Engineering, and Machine Learning
GW Unit:: School of Engineering and Applied Science
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, E. Lile, Eveleigh, Timothy, and Holzer, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Framework for Implementing Systems Engineering Development of Complex Systems

Description:: The Department of Defense and the aerospace industry are responsible for decades of successful implementation of systems engineering process models used for the development of complex systems. The process models implemented throughout acquisition life cycles have proven to be comprehensive and...
Author:: Brunson, Karl Leonard
Keyword:: Program Management, acquisition process, System Development, Risk Management, Systems Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Murphree, Edward L, Yen, Craig, Sarkani, Shahryar, and Sarkani, Shahram
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Quality Control - An Approach Applying Multivariate Control Charts during the Operation of Systems Involving Human Processes

Description:: Quality assurance during the operation of a system is critical for maintaining performance within desired specifications. Without proper monitoring and control, a system is capable of erratic behavior resulting in degraded performance, unplanned downtime for maintenance, or system failure....
Author:: Mihalcin, Matthew John
Keyword:: Control Charts, Bonferroni, MEWMA, Multivariate Quality Control, and Systems Engineering
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Efekhari, Reza, Murphree, Edward L, and Wasek, James S
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Complex Acquisition Requirements Analysis Using a Systems Engineering Approach

Description:: Over the last several decades the technology revolution has compounded system complexity with the integration of multi-spectral sensors and interactive command and control systems. These complexities create additional challenges for requirement developers to produce an encompassing set of...
Author:: Stuckey, Richard M
Keyword:: System of Systems, Requirements, Complex Systems, and Systems Engineering
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, E Lile, Bischoff, John, and Holzer, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Quality by Design (QbD) and Production System Fundamental Sigma Limits with a Pharmaceutical Industry Example

Description:: Quality by Design (QbD) has been recognized as a superior manufacturing approach versus attempting to test in quality. Without designing for quality, the level of quality attainment (defect-free product) has been observed to plateau well short of six sigma, and efforts to further improve quality...
Author:: Blackburn, Timothy Dean
Keyword:: S-Curves, Six Sigma, QbD, Systems Engineering, Fundamental Limits, and TRIZ
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, E. Lile, Eveleigh, Timothy, and Holzer, Thomas H.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Creating an Obsolescence Management Systems Framework to Improve Enterprise Performance

Description:: With military and commercial systems becoming more complex, using more sophisticated components, and having a longer system life cycle, it is essential that enterprises have a systematic approach to managing these systems. A longer system life cycle has led to a big concern regarding component...
Author:: Pobiak, Todd Gary
Keyword:: System Engineering Framework, DMSMS, Obsolescence, Systems Engineering, Framework, and Obsolescence Management
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Lile and Wasek, James
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Expert Judgment Model to Assess Cyber-Attack Scenarios on Enterprise Architectures

Description:: Cyber-attackers exploit people, processes, and technologies to steal high-value organizational data. The corresponding attacks are complex, cost organizations millions of dollars to resolve, and require rapid-response, architecture-based mitigation. Consequently, Cybersecurity strategies that...
Author:: Myauo, Michele
Keyword:: Cybersecurity, Cyber-Attack, Enterprise Architecture, Portfolio Management, Expert Judgment, and Systems Engineering
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas A and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, E. Lile, Bischoff, John, and Holzer, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

IDENTIFYING VARIANCE BETWEEN MATERIEL AND NON-MATERIEL SOLUTION REQUIREMENT ATTRIBUTES

A Schedule Performance Approach for Level of Effort Tasks

RISK PRECURSOR ANALYSIS: AN ASSESSMENT OF FLIGHT VARIABLES AFFECTING CIVIL AVIATION ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS

Application of a Novel Multiple Kernel Learning Framework for Improving the Robustness of Network Intrusion Detection

A Framework for Implementing Systems Engineering Development of Complex Systems

Quality Control - An Approach Applying Multivariate Control Charts during the Operation of Systems Involving Human Processes

Complex Acquisition Requirements Analysis Using a Systems Engineering Approach

Quality by Design (QbD) and Production System Fundamental Sigma Limits with a Pharmaceutical Industry Example

Creating an Obsolescence Management Systems Framework to Improve Enterprise Performance

Expert Judgment Model to Assess Cyber-Attack Scenarios on Enterprise Architectures

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