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Description:: Many industries, such as healthcare, transportation, education, and other fields that involve large corporations and institutions, are complex systems composed of many diverse interacting components. Frequently, to improve performance within these industries, to move into new markets, or to...
Author:: Ravitz, Alan D.
Keyword:: Systems Approach, Multi-scale Modeling and Simulation, Complex Systems, and Systems Engineering
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A.
Committee Member(s):: Blackburn, Timothy, Stuban, Steven, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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

Description:: In recent years, with budgetary constraints and ever-changing mission requirements, the government and private industries have shifted their focus towards component based system development. The development of systems with commercial off-the-shelf components expedites the development process and...
Author:: Kafle, Subash
Keyword:: component testing and integration, test and evaluation, component based system, and COTS
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas
Committee Member(s):: Sarkani, Shahram, Blackburn, Timothy, Mazzuchi, Thomas, Blessner, Paul, and Murphree, E. Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Previous studies in real options and decision making have primarily focused onobtaining the net present value (NPV) of a certain project or investment. However, thismethod does not account for the entire spectrum of an investment. It becomes lessvaluable when analyzing the entire system rather...
Author:: Casanova, Cesar
Keyword:: Flexibilities, Framework, Net Present Value, Design Options, Binomial Lattice Tree Decisions, and Design Structure Matrix
GW Unit:: School of Engineering and Applied Science
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and MazzuBlessnerchi, Thomas
Committee Member(s):: Blackburn, Timothy, Blessner, Paul, and Murphree, E.Lile
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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