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Constructing Program Management Offices for Major Defense Acquisition Programs: Factors to Consider

Description:: Over the last two decades, assessments of major defense acquisition systems consistently cite program management office (PMO) effectiveness as a key factor for successfully producing weapon systems. Studies conducted across government, industry, and academia attribute PMO effectiveness to ideal...
Author:: Farmer, Charalotte Mitcham
Keyword:: Megaproject Structure Empirical Study, Program Management Office Organizational Structure, Program Management Performance, Organization Performance Factors, Major Defense Acquisition Program, and Systems Integration
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Etemadi, Amirhossein and Malalla, Ebrahim
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:: Systems Engineering, Portfolio Management, Cyber-Attack, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, and Expert Judgment
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Holzer, Thomas, Bischoff, John, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The Impact of an ISO 9000-Compliant Quality Management System on Product Quality from Suppliers in a DOD Procurement Environment

Description:: The ISO 9000 family of standards, first issued in 1987, has been accepted as the worldwide standard for quality management systems, having more than one million companies, representing 178 countries, registered to it as of 2009. Companies implement this standard either voluntarily and...
Author:: Blessner, Paul
Keyword:: Quality Management, Product Quality, and ISO 9000
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Jr., Lile and Bischoff, John
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Systems Thinking Approach to Cost Growth in DoD Weapon Systems

Description:: The cost of Department of Defense (DoD) weapon systems acquisitions has risen at an alarming rate of 46% since the 1960s, according to third-party investigations. Despite considerable DoD efforts to reduce cost growth, historical review demonstrates a pattern of underestimation of weapon systems...
Author:: Assidmi, Luay
Keyword:: TREND, DoD, Systems Thinking, and Cost Growth
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Eveleigh, Timothy, Murphree, Edward Lile, and Stankosky, Michael
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Simplifying Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief Analytic Models Using Activity-Based Intelligence: Syrian Refugee Crisis as a Case Study

Description:: The purpose of this study was to propose an effective knowledge elicitation method and representation scheme that empowers humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) analysts and experts to create analytic models without the aid of data scientists and methodologists while addressing the...
Author:: Widener, Donald
Keyword:: Activity-Based Intelligence, Analytic Model, Expert Elicitation, Humanitarian Assistance, and Mental Model
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahryar, Etemadi, Amir, and Bischoff, John
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:: Systems Engineering, Framework, Obsolescence Management, Obsolescence, System Engineering Framework, and DMSMS
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Wasek, James and Murphree, Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

IT Investment Allocation and Organizational Performance: A Study of Information Technology Investment Portfolios in Federal Government Agencies

Description:: This study examined Federal Government Information Technology (IT) portfolio investments for twenty-seven Federal Government agencies, as provided annually to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in their Agency IT Investment Portfolio Reports (Exhibit 53), and divided Federal agency IT...
Author:: Whitehead III, Ennis Clement
Keyword:: IT Investment Portfolio, Organizational Performance, Information Technology (IT), Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), and Federal Budget Process
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Stankosky, Michael A, Holzer, Thomas H, and Sarkani, Shahryar
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A STRUCTURED METHODOLOGY FOR UNIFYING FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS WITH SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TO ENHANCE SYSTEM BEHAVIOR KNOWLEDGE

Description:: The primary purpose of this study is to develop a methodology or process for conducting functional analysis within the greater systems engineering family of processes. The first goal of this study is to develop a methodology that bridges the how-to-do gap between classical functional analysis and...
Author:: Clendening, Randall James
Keyword:: Systems Engineering, Functional Analysis, and Systems Analysis
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Eveleigh, Timothy J
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Assessing Export Control License Timelines Using System Dynamics Modeling

Description:: According to an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) survey, of all the challenges confronting the US Space Industrial Base, the time it takes to process an export control license is one of the most significant. (Dept of USAF 2007) Thus, this dissertation focuses on export licensing timelines and...
Author:: Borst, Barry Martin
Keyword:: ITAR, EAR, Export, and license
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

ANALYSIS OF RELIABILITY USING REAL MASKED SYSTEM LIFE DATA

Description:: Maintenance personnel often lack the resources to determine which specific subassembly of a complex electronic system has failed but can only isolate the cause of failure to a subset of subassemblies. In these circumstances, the most efficient manner for replacing the suspect subassemblies is...
Author:: Hutto, Donald E.
Keyword:: maximum likelihood estimation, masking, Gibbs sampler, Competing risks, Bayes Theorem, and Weibull distribution
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Ryan, Julie, Murphree, Jr, Edward L, and Sarkani, Shahryar
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Before the Disaster Occurs: A Proactive Method of Assessing Multi-Agency Communication Interoperability When Using Unmanned System Technology in Support of Public Safety Emergency Response Missions

Description:: Research is conducted with an overall objective of providing contribution to the success of UMS technology when applied to public safety missions. The research examines the relationship between public safety wireless and UMS in the areas of technology use, communication needs, and approach to...
Author:: Battle, Lee P.
Keyword:: Interoperability, Unmanned Systems, Robot, Communication, Public Safety, and Wireless
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Green, Ronzelle, Wasek, James, and Murphree, Edward L
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Developing a First-Order Model for Simplified Higher Level Sensor Fusion

Description:: Mulitsensor data fusion is a process used to combine the outputs of several sensors in a way that provides more information than the data going into it. This sensor fusion has been researched for decades yet programs relying on it to provide a situational assessment continue to be less than...
Author:: Engle, Mike
Keyword:: Sensor Fusion, multisensor data fusion, COP, PIR, and data fusion
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Wasek, James, Murphree, Lile, and Fomin, Paul
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Framework for Considering Uncertainty within the Context of a Network-Centric Semantic Web: A Mine Warfare Example

Description:: This paper examines the challenge of understanding uncertainty associated with military measures of effectiveness given incomplete and often imperfect information. With the migration towards a network-centric capability, the ability to represent, quantify, and aggregate uncertainty of information...
Author:: Cramer, Megan
Keyword:: Data Model, Ontology, Mine Warfare, Military, Semantic, and Uncertainty
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Beach, Jeffrey, and Djavanshir, Reza G
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Use of Model-Based Design Methods for Enhancing Resiliency Analysis of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Description:: The most common traditional non-functional requirement analysis is reliability. With systems becoming more complex, networked, and adaptive to environmental uncertainties, system resiliency has recently become the non-functional requirement analysis of choice. Analysis of system resiliency has...
Author:: Knox, Lenora A.
Keyword:: Unmmanned Aerial Vehicles, Variability Modeling, Distributed Architecture, Mission Analysis, Model-Based Systems Engineering, and Resilience Analysis
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Hodges, Vincent
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Generational Knowledge Transfer: What is at STEAK?

Description:: As organizations evaluate increasing retirement rates coupled with the rate of entering engineers, there is a need to address the presence of engineering generational knowledge transfer boundaries. These undefined boundaries impede the strategic transfer of engineering and architectural knowledge...
Author:: Davis, Santia Maria
Keyword:: knowledge transfer, generational characteristics, and generational knowledge transfer
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Wasek, James S and Murphee, Lile E
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The Use of System Dynamics to Understand the Consequences of Project Controls with Dynamic Performance Measures in DoD Project Management

Description:: Project management has been a constant challenge for many practitioners, notably the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) acquisitions community. While most DoD projects are technologically advanced, the tools and methods to manage these projects are the same as for simple, repetitive projects. The...
Author:: Cantwell, Patrick Reed
Keyword:: acquisitions, system dynamics, DoD, and project management
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Murphree, E. L., Wasek, James, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, and Eftekari, Reza
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, Systems Engineering, QbD, TRIZ, Fundamental Limits, and Six Sigma
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Eveleigh, Timothy, Holzer, Thomas H., and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Beyond Integration Readiness Level (IRL): A Multidimensional Framework to Facilitate the Integration of System of Systems

Description:: Integration Readiness Level (IRL) can be an effective systems engineering tool to facilitate integration of System of Systems (SoS). Further research in systems integration, analysis of major SoS integration data, and analysis of expert survey inputs to SoS integration can enhance the current IRL...
Author:: Eder, Clarence
Keyword:: System of Systems (SoS), Integration Readiness Level (IRL), Technology Readiness Level (TRL), DoD Space Systems, Systems Integration, and Department of Defense
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Blessner, Paul, Olson, Bill, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Improving Technology Acceptance Modeling For Disadvantaged Communities Using a Systems Engineering Approach

Description:: Developing nations are poised to spend billions on information and communication technology (ICT) innovation in 2020. A study of the historical adoption of ICT in developing nations has indicated that their adoption patterns do not follow typical technology innovation adoption models. This study...
Author:: Fletcher, Jordan Lenard
Keyword:: UTAUT, TAM, TTF, Africa, Technology Acceptance, and Innovation
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward, Stankosky, Michael, and Dever, Jason
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

System Architecture to Support Model-based Design and Development of Optical Cochlear Implants

Description:: Market dynamics, technology spin-cycles, and affordability pressures are shaping development demands for medical devices.Model-based development offers a remedy for these pressures, with demonstrated ability to mitigate the complexity introduced. This dissertation will examine the program...
Author:: Byrne, Jennifer Coyle
Keyword:: Medical Devices, Cochlear Implants, Simulation, and Modeling
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Wasek, James, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Johnson, Ray O, and Murphree, Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Study of the Contribution of Human Factors to Human-Machine System Failures in Dynamic Mission Operations

Description:: This study employed the taxonomy of human factors presented in the Department of Defense Human Factors and Analysis and Classification System (based largely on the previous HFACS model developed by Wiegmann and Shappell, and Reason's "Swiss cheese" model) model to analyze and compare the human...
Author:: Davis, TImothy Andrew
Keyword:: Human factors, Human-machine system, System failure, Aviation mishaps, Mishap causal factors, and Naval aviation
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Beach, Jeffrey, Ryan, Julie, Alton, Jeffrey, and Murphree, Edward
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Decision Modeling Framework to Minimize Arrival Delays from Ground Delay Programs

Description:: Convective weather and other constraints create uncertainty in air transportation, leading to costly delays. A Ground Delay Program (GDP) is a strategy to mitigate these effects. Systematic decision support can increase GDP efficacy, reduce delays, and minimize direct operating costs. In this...
Author:: Mohleji, Nandita
Keyword:: Air traffic management, Decision analysis, Bayesian belief networks, and Ground Delay Program
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Bischoff, John E, Murphree, Edward L, and Holzer, Thomas
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

An Architecture, System Engineering, and Acquisition Approach for Space System Software Resiliency

Description:: Software intensive space systems can harbor defects and vulnerabilities that may enable external adversaries or malicious insiders to disrupt or disable system functions, risking mission compromise or loss. Mitigating this risk demands a sustained focus on the security and resiliency of the...
Author:: Phillips, Dewanne Marie
Keyword:: systems engineering, cybersecurity, life cycle, architecture, software, and resiliency
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Guillaume-Joseph, Gina, Gideon, Alan, and Etemadi, Amir
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

EMERGENT BEHAVIOR OF THE US GOVERNMENT WORKFORCE: AN AGENT-BASED MODEL OF WORKER DEPARTURE

Description:: Over the past few decades, the public sector has seen significant change in the political and economic environment due to greater interdependencies between agencies and the private sector, globalization, and rapid technological change. The resulting uncertainty introduces a number of challenges...
Author:: Shapiro, Paul Todd
Keyword:: agent based modeling, emergent behavior, worker satisfaction, US government workforce, complex adaptive system, and computational organization theory
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Murphree, Edward L, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Fomin, Paul, and Wasek, James
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Systems Engineering Knowledge Asset (SEKA) Management for Higher Performing Engineering Teams: People, Process and Technology toward Effective Knowledge-Workers

Description:: Systems engineering teams' value-creation for enterprises is slower than possible due to inefficiencies in communication, learning, common knowledge collaboration and leadership conduct. This dissertation outlines the surrounding people, process and technology dimensions for higher performing...
Author:: Shelby Jr., Kenneth R.
Keyword:: Effective Knowledge Workers, High Performance Engineering Teams, and Systems Engineering Knowledge Asset Management
GW Unit:: School of Engineering and Applied Science
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Fomin, Pavel, Tanju, Bereket, and Murphree, E. Lile
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:: Systems Engineering, Requirements, Complex Systems, and System of Systems
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Holzer, Thomas, Murphree, E Lile, and Bischoff, John
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

An Assessment of Innovation Diffusion within Integrated Product Teams with Dynamically Available Members

Description:: N/A
Author:: Walker, Kevin Cordell
Keyword:: Innovation Model, Innovation Diffusion, and Innovation
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Mullen, Regina A
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Quantitative Risk Analysis Framework for Evaluating and Monitoring Operational Reliability of Cloud Computing

Description:: Cloud computing offers the advantage of on-demand, reliable and cost efficient computing solutions without the capital investment and management resources to build and maintain in-house data centers and network infrastructures. Scalability of cloud solutions enable consumers to upgrade or...
Author:: Islam, Muhammad
Keyword:: Cloud Computing, Information Security, Reliability, Risk Analysis, Security Controls, and Monte Carlo Simulation
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Green, Ronzelle, Murphree, Edward L, and Bischoff, John
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Quantitative Approach to Technical Performance Measurement and Technical Risk Analysis Utilizing Bayesian Methods and Monte Carlo Simulation

Description:: Risk on a project or program is typically evaluated in terms of the triple constraint: scope, time, and cost. The Monte Carlo method (Metropolis & Ulam, 1949) is a widely accepted risk analysis technique and is deemed to be an effective way of analyzing the uncertainty associated with cost and...
Author:: Lewis, Tiffany Lorraine
Keyword:: Bayesian methods, risk analysis, technical performance measurement, technical risk, expert judgment, and Monte Carlo simulation
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward L, Podolsky, Michael J, and Allario, Frank
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The Effect of Mission Assurance on ELV Launch Success Rate: An Analysis of Two Management Systems for Launch Vehicles

Description:: There are significant challenges involved in regulating the growing commercial human spaceflight industry. The safety of the crew and passengers should be protected; however, care should be taken not to overburden the industry with too many or too stringent, or perhaps inapplicable,...
Author:: Leung, Raymond
Keyword:: Mission Assurance, Human Spaceflight, NASA, and FAA
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Dever, Jason, Bischoff, John, and Murphree, E. Lile
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:: Systems Engineering, Multivariate Quality Control, Bonferroni, Control Charts, and MEWMA
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward L, Wasek, James S, and Efekhari, Reza
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Tool Chain Approach to Source Lines Of Code Estimation Using Petri Nets and Directed Graphs

Description:: A Tool Chain Approach to Source Lines Of Code Estimation Using Petri Nets and Directed Graphs presents the development and demonstration of a novel tool-chain using known techniques with the intent of supporting more accurate source line of code (SLOC) predictions to improve software level of...
Author:: Seel, John
Keyword:: source lines of code, UML, Directed Graph, estimation, Petri Net, and SLOC
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Wasek, James, Murphree, Edward Lile, and Eftekari, Reza
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

An Integrated Cost and Performance Model to Inform Capability Selection During Early-Phase Systems Engineering: Case Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimization

Description:: Functionality and performance have been key elements of requirements generation for major systems, especially within the Department of Defense (DoD). However, rising cost growth rates and decreasing funding has led to legislation requiring DoD to factor cost into requirements selection and to...
Author:: DeVilliers, Edward Michael
Keyword:: Cost estimation, Case analysis, Optimization, Affordability, Requirements generation, and Linear Physical Programming
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Willy, Christopher, Murphree, E L, and Bischoff, John
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:: Systems Engineering, Risk Management, acquisition process, Aerospace Engineering, System Development, and Program Management
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Murphree, Edward L, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Sarkani, Shahryar, and Yen, Craig
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Application of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method to the DLA Energy Military Construction Portfolio Selection Process

Description:: Each year, the Department of Defense (DoD) is provided with an appropriation and authorization act from Congress known as the Military Construction (MILCON) program. The DoD delegates this financial authority to subordinate units for the purpose of funding the design and execution of new...
Author:: Sands, Clifford Samuel
Keyword:: MCDA, Rank Order Centroid, Project Portfolio, TOPSIS, and Multi-Criteria Decision Making
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Earhardt, Gabriella, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, and Bischoff, John
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Proposed System-Level Performance Modeling Framework for Service Industries with Access to Limited Data

Description:: Business process optimization allows businesses to remain competitive by allowing management to observe, analyze, and improve the operations of the organization. Using data and related business insights developed through applied analytic disciplines to drive business process optimization allows...
Author:: Worrell, Sallamar Krystal Adonna
Keyword:: Process Improvement, Performance Analysis, Optimization, and Simulation
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, and Harrington, Afi D
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The Relationship of Technology and Design Maturity to DoD Weapon System Cost Change and Schedule Change During Engineering and Manufacturing Development

Description:: Every year, the Department of Defense (DoD) invests billions of dollars on the development of major defense acquisition programs. In return, many of these weapon systems have been plagued with cost overruns and schedule delays during the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase. Under...
Author:: Katz, Daniel Ross
Keyword:
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Murphee, E. Lile, Dever, Jason, and Bischoff, John
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

An Architecture for Agile Systems Engineering of Secure Commercial-off-the-Shelf Mobile Communications

Description:: The United States (U.S.) Federal Government has long had a need for highly secure communications. The National Security Agency (NSA) is responsible for the wide range of technologies to secure these communications. They realized, recently, that the development times for U.S. Government encryption...
Author:: Gump, Jamieson Wesley
Keyword:: Reference Architecture, Secure, Mobile, CSfC, COTS, and Architecture
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Olson, Bill A, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Blessner, Paul L, and Murphree, E Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Enhancing Model Based Forecasting of Geomagnetic Storms

Description:: Modern society is increasingly dependent on the smooth operation of large scale technology supporting Earth based activities such as communication, electricity distribution, and navigation. This technology is potentially threatened by global geomagnetic storms, which are caused by the impact of...
Author:: Webb, Alla
Keyword:
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Murphree, Edward L, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Stankosky, Michael, and Eveleigh, Timothy
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Reference Models In Federating Enterprise Architectures

Description:: Agencies need to collaborate with each other to perform missions, improve mission performance, and find efficiencies. The ability of individual government agencies to collaborate with each other for mission and business success and efficiency is complicated by the different techniques used to...
Author:: Wilson, Jeffery A.
Keyword:: reference models, expert judgment, and enterprise architecture
GW Unit:: School of Engineering and Applied Science
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Stankosky, Michael A, Wasek, James, Murphree, Jr., E. Lile, and Holzer, Thomas H
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Methodology for Applying a Heuristic-Based Quality Function Analysis to a Constrained Data Situation

Description:: The complex civil-military situation and adaptive irregular threat in Iraq and Afghanistan are indicative of future warfare challenges for the United States. Using technology to adapt rapidly United States Army ground combat vehicles for these challenges creates unique supportability issues....
Author:: Amber, Samuel Holland
Keyword:: Defense Acquisition, Requirements Engineering, Heuristics, Quality Function Deployment, Hybrid Warfare, and Limited Data
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward L, Wasek, James S, and Ryan, Julie JCH
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Test and Evaluation Resource Allocation Using Uncertainty Reduction as a Measure of Test Value

Description:: Determining the optimum allocation of resources in a portfolio of tests for a Department of Defense (DoD) system is a challenging problem, primarily due to the lack of an accepted and easily obtained value measure for test results. Past attempts to quantify the value that a test provides to a...
Author:: Bjorkman, Eileen
Keyword:: portfolio optimization, entropy, test and evaluation, and uncertainty
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Holzer, Thomas H and Murphree, Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

System Goodput (GS): A Modeling and Simulation Approach to Refute Current Thinking Regarding System Level Quality of Service

Description:: This dissertation represents a modeling and simulation approach toward determining whether distributed computing architectures (e.g., Cloud Computing) require state of the art servers to ensure top performance, and whether alternate approaches can result in optimized Quality of Service by...
Author:: Sahlin, John Patrick
Keyword:: computer architecture, distributed computing, cloud computing, modeling and simulation, quality of service QoS, and systems dynamics
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Wasek, James and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Risk Identification and Evaluation Biases and a Management Framework for their Mitigation for Application in the Aerospace Sector

Description:: This research investigates the presence of cognitive biases in the risk management processes utilized at NASA, Department of Defense, and within the broader aerospace sector. A widely applied risk management tool in the aerospace sector is the risk matrix. Risk matrices were used in practice...
Author:: Emmons, Debra Lynn
Keyword:: risk management, bias reduction, cognitive bias mitigation, cognitive biases, risk identification, and optimism bias
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Blessner, Paul, Olson, Bill, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A System Engineering Approach to Mathematical Properties of System Readiness Level

Description:: System engineers use qualitative and quantitative measurements in their work. The use of quantitative measurements is growing but the mathematical rigor behind these measurements is not always done and presented in the literature. Without the mathematical rigor misleading results can occur....
Author:: McConkie, Eileen Brogan
Keyword:: System Readiness Level, Mathematical properties, Tropical Algebra, Technology Readiness Level, Integration Readiness Level, and System Engineering
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward L and Holzer, Thomas H
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

An Automated System for Rapid and Secure Device Sanitization

Description:: Public and private organizations face the challenges of protecting their networks from cyber-attacks, while reducing the amount of time and money spent on Information Technology. Organizations can reduce their expenditures by reusing server, switch and router hardware, but they must use reliable...
Author:: LaBarge, Ralph
Keyword:: Data Sanitization, Security and Privacy, Disk Sanitization, NVRAM Sanitization, and Data Privacy
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, E. L., Dever, Jason, and Bischoff, John
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Instantiation Within a Hard Real Time, Deterministic Combat System Environment

Description:: This research investigates the instantiation of a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) within a hard real-time (stringent time constraints), deterministic (maximum predictability) combat system (CS) environment. There are numerous stakeholders across the U.S. Department of the Navy who are...
Author:: Moreland, Jr., James Dennis
Keyword:: Gateway, Services, Service-Oriented Architecture, Deterministic, Real-Time, and Latency
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Fomin, Pavel, Murphree, Edward L, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Wasek, James S, and Efekhari, Reza
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Model-Based Framework for Predicting Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle System Performance

Description:: The past decade has seen the rapid development and deployment of unmanned systems throughout the world in both civilian and military applications. Significant development has been led by the Department of Defense (DoD), which has sought to develop and field military systems, such as unmanned...
Author:: Young, Stuart Harry
Keyword:: systems engineering, unmanned ground vehicles, UGV, Mobile robots, and modeling
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Shittu, Ekundayo, Willy, Christopher, and Bischoff, John
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:: Systems Engineering, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Adaptive Boosting, Multiple Kernel Learning, and Cybersecurity
GW Unit:: School of Engineering and Applied Science
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Eveleigh, Timothy, Holzer, Thomas, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO EVALUATING POSITIVE OUTCOMES:

Description:: The decision process for technology projects often includes a financial return on investment (ROI) analysis. This is a well-known and established process that has been widely used in the private sector. A modified version is the cost benefit analysis, which is used in the public sector. Both of...
Author:: Bischoff, John
Keyword:: ROI, Performance Outcomes, NIEM, Cost Benefit, and Delphi elicitation
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward L, Tinney, Joseph F, and Beach, Jeffrey
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Use of Binomial Cluster Analysis in the Identification of Temporary Disaster Debris Management Sites

Description:: An essential component of post disaster planning and preparation is the identification and selection of temporary disaster debris management sites (DMS). However, because DMS identification is a complex process, many regional, county and municipal jurisdictions initiate this process during the...
Author:: Grzeda, Stanislaw
Keyword:: Disaster Debris, Disaster Management, and Cluster Analysis
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Holzer, Thomas, Murphree, Lile, and Eisner, Howard
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Problem Management: A System Engineering Management Framework

Description:: Problem management is not recognized as a system engineering process. Unlike risk management where risks could impact a project at some future date, problems impact the project now. Therefore, a robust problem management process should be established (similar to the risk management process...
Author:: Olson, Bill Allen
Keyword:: Systems, Problem, Engineering, Knowledge, and Risk
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Stankosky, Michael, Murphree, Lile, and Eveleigh, Timothy
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

The Effects of Sustainable Development on Technological Innovation Performance - An Empirical Approach

Description:: Ever since the release of the Brundtland Report by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED, 1987), the sustainable development (SD) concept has been gaining more and more traction from a majority of research disciplines in the recent two decades. For instance, the impact of...
Author:: Yang, Eric Jen-Hsiang
Keyword:: Technological innovation performance, Kinder, Lydenberg, Corporate sustainability performance, Maximum likelihood estimation, and Domini (KLD), Sustainable development, and Structural equation model
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Murphree, Lile, Fomin, Paul, and Wasek, James S
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:: Systems Engineering, Flight Safety, CCA, Data Analysis, Aviation Accidents, and Risk Management
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Blackburn, Timothy, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Olson, Bill, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A systems approach for designing a radio station layout for the U.S. National Airspace

Description:: Today's National Airspace System (NAS) is managed using an aging surveillance radar system. Current radar technology is not adequate to sustain the rapid growth of the commercial, civil, and federal aviation sectors and cannot be adapted to use emerging 21st century airspace surveillance...
Author:: Boci, Erton S.
Keyword:: optimization, NextGen, RF propagation, ADS-B, aviation, and radio stations layout
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Bruno, Ronald, Murphree, Edward L, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Eveleigh, Timothy J, and Sarkani, Shahram
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Using Multi Criteria Decision Making in Analysis of Alternatives for Selection of Enabling Technology

Description:: Prior to Milestone A, the Department of Defense (DoD) requires that service sponsors conduct an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA), an analytical comparison of multiple alternatives, to be completed prior to committing and investing costly resources to one project or decision. Despite this...
Author:: Georgiadis, Daniel Ryan
Keyword:: Enabling Technology, LIDAR, Analysis of Alternatives, TOPSIS, Electro Optic Receiver Selection, and Multi Criteria Decision Making
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Wasek, James, Murphree, E. Lyle, and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
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:: Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, Operations Research, Program Management, Project Management, and Earn Value Management
GW Unit:: School of Engineering and Applied Science
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Bischoff, John E, Murphree, Edward L, and Eftekari, Reza
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Improving the State Estimates of a Maneuvering Target Using a Constrained Grid-Based Filter: A Comparative Study

Description:: Tracking maneuvering targets is an important but difficult problem. This problem occurs when tracking maneuvering boats or even people wandering around. If the target motion is linear and the measurement errors are Gaussian, then a Kalman filter provides the optimal estimates. However, since...
Author:: Silbert, Mark Eric
Keyword:: target tracking filter, maneuvering target tracking, track filter performance, particle filter, grid-based filter, and Monte Carlo filtering
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Eveleigh, Timothy, Stankosky, Michael, and Murphree, Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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:: Systems Engineering, Requirement Attributes, Materiel Solution, Non-Materiel Solution, and Requirements Development
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Dever, Jason, Murphree, E Lile, Bischoff, John, and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Spectrum Auction Revenue Modeling and Prediction by Virtue of Hierarchical A Posteriori Clusters in Unpredictable Spectrum Economics

Description:: The electromagnetic spectrum is a crucial asset for wireless technology innovation and for the industry's economy. The significance of the telecommunications industry's capital expenditures increases with the spectrum acquisition value in its primary market due to the scarcity factor, which is...
Author:: Yun, Sean Suhkyu
Keyword:: FCC, regression analysis, spectrum valuation, hierarchical modeling, spectrum auction, and engineering economics
GW Unit:: School of Engineering and Applied Science
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward L, Dever, Jason, and Bischoff, John
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Preliminary Framework For Test and Evaluation of Systems of Systems

Description:: Modern systems are becoming exponentially more complex and interconnected, particularly in software-intensive systems. Department of Defense (DoD) mandates for net-centric capabilities have greatly complicated the challenges for testing new and legacy systems that are employed in a system of...
Author:: McDermott, Edwin Peter
Keyword:: Systems, Framework, Evaluation, System, and Test
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Murphree, Edward L, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Holzer, Thomas, and Stankosky, Michael
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Application of a Hidden Naïve Bayes Multiclass Classifier in Network Intrusion Detection

Description:: With increasing Internet connectivity and traffic volume, recent intrusion incidents have reemphasized the importance of network intrusion detection systems for combating increasingly sophisticated network attacks. Techniques such as pattern recognition and the data mining of network events are...
Author:: Koc, Levent
Keyword:: data mining, Denial-of-Services (DoS), multiclass classification, intrusion detection systems, and Hidden Naïve Bayes (HNB)
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, Holzer, Thomas, and Murphree, Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Heterogeneous Design Approach for Ground Control Stations to Marginalize Human Factors Mishaps in Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Description:: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) allow operators to conduct high-risk military missions without putting humans in harm's way. The United States Department of Defense's (DoD) usage of UASs increased six-fold from 2005 to 2011, while the DoD UAS budget has increased four-fold during the same...
Author:: Waraich, Qaisar Raza
Keyword:: human factors, interface design, human- machine interface, remotely piloted aircraft, unmanned aircraft systems, and cognitive engineering
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Holzer, Thomas H and Murphee, Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Reliability Growth of Multi-Stage Single Shot Systems

Description:: Traditionally, reliability growth models are used during development to project growth as the system proceeds through the Test-Analyze-And-Fix (TAAF) stages, and do not continue to be utilized once the system is fielded. In most cases, demonstrated reliability replaces predicted reliability at...
Author:: Nicholls, Jennifer
Keyword:: Reliability Growth, Multi-Stage System, Reliability, and Single Shot System
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Holzer, Thomas H, Murphee, Edward L, and Rancace, Robert
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

A Success-oriented Framework to Enable Co-created e-Services

Description:: This dissertation establishes a novel framework and the implementation steps necessary to guide the acceleration of economic growth through the transformation from a product-based orientation to co-created e-Services. Co-creation promotes the sharing of innovation in the development and delivery...
Author:: McCormick, Tom
Keyword:: Transformational Framework, e-Services, Information Technology Strategies, Co-created e-Services, and Co-creation
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Wasek, James, Watkins, Charlette, Murphree, Lile, and Eisner, Howard
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Technical Performance Measurement and Technical Risk Analysis Utilizing the Assessment of Probability Distributions From Expert Judgment

Description:: Systems engineers are routinely tasked with facilitating the delicate balance between cost, schedule, and technical performance in the acquisition of new technology. While techniques for assessing cost and schedule performance abound, the estimation and risk analysis of technical performance in...
Author:: Eggstaff, Justin William
Keyword:: Probability, Risk Analysis, Technical Performance Measurement, Expert Judgment, and Classical Model
GW Unit:: School of Engineering and Applied Science
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Wasek, James, Eftekari, Reza, and Murphree, Jr., E Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Managing Operational Risk and Performance Drift as a Function of the “Nuclear Work Model”

Description:: High Reliability Organizations are organizations that have fewer than the average number of high-consequence accidents. “Heinrich’s Law” states that the industrial average of the ratio of high-consequence accidents to total recordable accidents is 1:330. This represents an average of one...
Author:: Newton, Dorian Gregory
Keyword:: Error-free operations, Facilities management, Conduct of Operations, Operations research, Best practices, and Engineering managemen
GW Unit:: Engineering Management
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, and Morgan, Glenn J
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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