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Description:: Our research approach emphasized a comparison of various classification methods (“Decision Trees, Logistic Regression, Naïve Bayes, Linear Discriminant Analysis, Nearest Neighbors, Support Vector Machines”) and compared those with ensemble classifier models (“bagging” and “boosting”) to predict...
Author:: Hernandez, Alberto Hernandez
Keyword:: machine learning, prediction, ensemble methods, cancer treatment, head and neck cancer, and classification
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Mazzuchi, Thomas and Sarkani, Shahram
Committee Member(s):: Mazzuchi, Thomas, Sarkani, Shahram, and Gallagher, Daniel J
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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:: Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Rank Order Centroid, MCDA, Project Portfolio, and TOPSIS
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahram and Mazzuchi, Thomas A
Committee Member(s):: Bischoff, John, Sarkani, Shahram, Mazzuchi, Thomas A, and Earhardt, Gabriella
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Coastal hazards including storm surge, sea-level rise, and cyclone winds continue to have devastating effects on infrastructure systems and communities despite the costly investments already being made in risk management to mitigate predicted consequences. Risk management has generally not been...
Author:: Bostick, Thomas Paul
Keyword:: Risk Analysis, Natural Disasters, Resilience, Scenario Planning, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, and Stakeholders
GW Unit:: Engineering Mgt and Systems Engineering
Degree:: D.Engr.
Advisor:: Sarkani, Shahryar and Holzer, Thmas H
Committee Member(s):: Mazzuchi, Thomas, Blessner, Paul, Sarkani, Shahram, Holzer, Thomas H, and Santos, Joost
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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