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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, Spaceflight, Decision Management, Group Decision Making, Tradeoff Study, and Policy
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Olson, Bill, Etemadi, Amir, 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:: Automation in Aviation, Human Factors in Aviation, Human-Machine Integration, Aviation Accidents, Augmented Cognition, and Systems Engineering
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, E. Lile, Willy, Christopher, Sarkani, Shahram, Bischoff, John, and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
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:: life cycle cost, Human Systems Integration, schedule, and weapon system acquisition
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Sc.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, E. Lile, Sarkani, Shahram, Tanju, Bereket, Wasek, James, and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
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):: Murphree, E L, Tanju, Bereket, and Fomin, Pavel
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, Traditional Systems Engineering, Techncial Develpment Process Model, Systems Engineering, System of Systems, and Constituent System
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, Edward L., Muscedere, Michael, Sarkani, Shahryar, Sarkani, Shahram, and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
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:: Science Instrument Development, System Engineering, Instrument Development Cost Growth, Resource Re-allocation, Barter-based Re-allocation, and Spacecraft Development Cost Growth
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Murphree, E. Lile, Eftekari, Reza, and Wasek, James
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, Multi-objective Optimization, Reinforcement Learning, and Sequential Decision Making
GW Unit:: Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Francis, Royce, Willy, Chris, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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