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Description:: Abstract of Dissertation Framework for Multi-Stakeholder Engagement in Tradeoff Studies Using Group Decision Making Techniques:Application to Spaceflight Today’s complex systems, and systems of systems, must accommodate the needs of large numbers of heterogeneous stakeholders, and require a...
Author:: Garber, Melissa
Keyword:: Stakeholder Analysis, Group Decision Making, Policy, Decision Management, Spaceflight, and Tradeoff Study
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Etemadi, Amir, Olson, Bill, and Roncace, Robert
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: The majority of aviation accidents are caused by human error. Augmentedcognition and automation systems enhance pilot performance by evaluatingsystem limitations and flight precision and performance. This study examines thehuman-machine interface in cockpit design using the tenets of...
Author:: Naranji, Ehsan
Keyword:: Human Factors in Aviation, Augmented Cognition, Human-Machine Integration, Systems Engineering, Aviation Accidents, and Automation in Aviation
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Willy, Christopher, Sarkani, Shahram, Bischoff, John, Mazzuchi, Thomas A., and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: This investigative study demonstrated the benefits of addressing human considerations during the system development life cycle in order to have had long-term benefits to program managers and systems engineers. The approach was to use a retrospective content analysis of documents from weapon...
Author:: Algarin, Liana
Keyword:: Human Systems Integration, schedule, life cycle cost, and weapon system acquisition
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Tanju, Bereket, Wasek, James, Mazzuchi, Thomas A., and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Constraints on Department of Defense funding make it imperative that all funds expended to upgrade and modernize aging weapon systems provide the biggest payoff. Using the US Air Forces' Minuteman III (MM III) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) as an example, this paper will outline an...
Author:: Hendrickson, Paul
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GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Fomin, Pavel, Tanju, Bereket, and Murphree, E L
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: The traditional systems engineering (TSE) technical development process model (TDPM) constituent system (CS) suitability conjecture is the unproven belief within the system engineering (SE) and system of systems (SoS) communities that TSE TDPMs are suitable in prescribing the technical...
Author:: Gomez, Darryl Anthony
Keyword:: Techncial Development Environment, System of Systems, Techncial Develpment Process Model, Constituent System, Systems Engineering, and Traditional Systems Engineering
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Murphree, Edward L., Sarkani, Shahryar, Mazzuchi, Thomas A., and Muscedere, Michael
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: ABSTRACT NASA has had a decades-long problem with cost growth during the development of space science missions. Numerous agency-sponsored studies have produced average mission level development cost growths ranging from 23 to 77%. A new study of 26 historical NASA science instrument set...
Author:: Kosmann, William James
Keyword:: Spacecraft Development Cost Growth, Instrument Development Cost Growth, System Engineering, Science Instrument Development, Barter-based Re-allocation, and Resource Re-allocation
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Wasek, James, Eftekari, Reza, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Many routine tasks require an agent to perform a series of sequential actions, either to move to a desired end state or to perform a task of indefinite duration as efficiently as possible, and almost every task requires the consideration of multiple objectives, which are frequently in conflict...
Author:: Tozer, Bentz
Keyword:: Many Objective Optimization, Reinforcement Learning, Multi-objective Optimization, and Sequential Decision Making
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Willy, Chris, Francis, Royce, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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