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Nafarrete, Romuel B. "Factors affecting organizational performance NRD San Diego FY1997-2000 : a systems analysis." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Mar%5FNafarrete.pdf.
Full textMeztger, James. "Preventing terrorist bombings on United States subway systems." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Sep%5FMeztger.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Robert Bach, Kenneth Blank. "September 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-62). Also available in print.
Metzger, James. "Preventing terrorist bombings on United States subway systems." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2566.
Full textIn the past three years, major attacks on mass transportation in Moscow, Madrid, London, and Mumbai left hundreds dead, thousands injured and the world searching for answers. Subway systems are not only attractive targets, but evidence persists of a continued terrorist interest in conducting attacks on United States subways and railways. An attack on a subway or rail system in the United States could cause substantial loss of life and could have an adverse impact on public confidence, resulting in massive economic loss. This thesis examines a series of security initiatives that collectively comprise a plan to be used as a template for mass transit systems in the United States that operate a subway to augment security. The core goal of these initiatives identifies ways to increase the probability of early detection to prevent terrorist bombings of all types on United States subway systems.
Lieutenant/Counter Terrorism Director, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Transit Police Department
Lyon, Roberta Lee 1944. "Turn of the century metropolitan park systems." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276674.
Full textRamirez, Julio C. "Vehicular CO2 Reduction in the United States." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2014. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/428.
Full textSorge, Keith M. "Legal implications of United States ballistic missile defense systems." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23967.
Full textThis thesis examines whether the current ballistic missile defense programs of the United States comply with the limitations imposed by the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty between the Soviet Union and the United States.
The thesis begins with a review of the development of ballistic missiles and the systems designed to defend against them. Next an analysis of the ABM Treaty is offered, including its differing interpretations. The Treaty's legal restrictions are then applied to current ABM defensive systems in various stages of research and development. The thesis concludes with an examination of the various lawful possibilities to modify the restrictive provision of the Treaty.
Ivey, Robert J. "Diagnostic expert systems use in the United States Navy." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23868.
Full textIreland, Robert D. "Autonomous vehicle systems implications for maritime operations, warfare capabilities, and Command and Control /." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2010/Jun/10Jun%5FIreland.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Gallup, Shelley P.; Second Reader: MacKinnon, Douglas J. "June 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on July 14, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Machine Autonomy, AVS, USV, UUV, Navy Tactical Task List, Situational Awareness, Congruence Model, Decision Superiority, Maritime ISR. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-51). Also available in print.
Tyrrell, Tom L. "An examination of the environment and process relative to requirements generation for Marine Corps weapon systems." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA297058.
Full text"December 1994." Thesis advisor(s): Rebecca J. Adams, Mark W. Stone. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
Arcidiacono, William J. "Performance-based service acquisition (PBSA) of TRIDENT strategic weapons systems (SWS) technical engineering support (TES) services." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03sep%5FArcidiacono.pdf.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Jeffrey Cuskey, David Krueger. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-91). Also available online.
Barkenhagen, Michael E. Murphy Michael W. "The Sunset Supply Base : long term COTS supportability, implementing affordable methods and processes /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Mar%5FBarkenhagen.pdf.
Full textThesis advisor(s): John Osmundson, Laurie Anderson, Doug Moses. Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-505). Also available online.
Mousseau, Al. "An analysis of testing risks : a strategy for mitigation /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Sep%5FMousseau.pdf.
Full textBarry, John C. Gillikin Paul L. "Comparative analysis of Navy and Marine Corps Planning, programming, budgeting and execution systems from a man power perspective /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Mar%5FBarry.pdf.
Full textZiemke, Dominik. "Comparison of high-speed rail systems for the United States." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/37286.
Full textKrones, Jonathan Seth. "Accounting for non-hazardous industrial waste in the United States." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106591.
Full textThis electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-309).
This dissertation presents a method for estimating the tonnage and composition of non-hazardous industrial waste (NHIW) flows in the United States. For thirty years, it has been an accepted fact that NHIW is generated at a rate of 6.9 billion Mg per year, making it the largest waste flow in the country by more than an order of magnitude. However, this value was generated in 1985, has not been updated since, and is thought to account largely for the weight of dilute process water disposed in surface impoundments rather than solid waste generated by industry. To address this data gap, and lacking the resources to collect new, national-scale information, I propose an approach by which three independent estimates of NHIW generation based on existing data are used to corroborate each other at the industry sector level. The individual estimates are compared in triangulation so as to control for the errors, uncertainties and other validity concerns unique to each. The methods are: forecasting from historical waste accounts, modeling industrial materials flows to calculate lost mass, and up-scaling state-level data reported to the Pennsylvania Residual Waste Program. I apply the triangulation method to three industrial sectors for the year 2010, yielding estimates of (all in million Mg) 9.7-14.9 from pulp and paper, 21.2-24.7 from iron and steel, and 0.96-1.24 from petroleum refining. These values suggest that the total quantity of NHIW is measured in the hundreds of millions of Mg, not the billions as claimed by the prevailing EPA account. It therefore appears that NHIW generation rates are comparable to those of municipal solid waste. Accurate waste accounting based on reliable, repeatable, and efficient methods is an important tool for characterizing current environmental challenges and understanding trends and the effects of key drivers. Waste accounts are also essential for developing and tracking progress on sustainability strategies like industrial symbiosis, in which wastes like NHIW are used as substitutes for raw materials throughout the economy. The method developed here satisfies these needs and answers what has been an open question for nearly three decades.
by Jonathan Seth Krones.
Ph. D. in Engineering Systems
Cowan, Shawn R. "A human systems integration perpective to evaluating Naval Aviation mishaps and developing intervention strategies." Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2009/Dec/09Dec%5FCowan.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): O'Connor, Paul E. Second Reader: Miller, Nita Lewis. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 27, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Naval Aviation, safety, mishap, human systems integration, human factors. Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-138). Also available in print.
Copley, G. Bruce. "Epidemiologic risk factors for suicide and attempted suicide by the U.S. Air Force : using administrative data systems and multiple cause of death information to improve prevention policy /." (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader), 2000. http://stinet.dtic.mil/str/tr4%5Ffields.html.
Full textRabon, John S. "Efficacy of early voting systems in the United States and Switzerland." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0015772.
Full textHightower, Gerald R. "Aviation proof of concept the transition of Marine Corps aviation maintenance computer assets and systems into the Navy Marine Corps Intranet /." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2010/Mar/10Mar%5FHightower.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Cook, Glenn. Second Reader: Oros, Carl. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: DT, OT, APOC, NTCSS, NMCI. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-70). Also available in print.
Wiese, Brian Martin 1948. "PLANNING CRITERIA AND PROCESSES FOR REGIONAL OPEN SPACE SYSTEMS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276539.
Full textBodmer, Gerald A. "Test and evaluation in the United States Navy, and how it must evolve to support future systems acquisition." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03sep%5FBodmer.pdf.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Walter Owen, Mike McCune. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-85). Also available online.
Waters, Thomas Franklin. "Correctional leadership: A national survey of executive directors of state-operated adult and juvenile correctional systems." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186012.
Full textCowart, Karl K. 1975. "Transforming the DoD test and evaluation enterprise to enable unmanned autonomous systems of systems." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67218.
Full textCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-121).
Many US Department of Defense (DoD) systems operate within a systems of systems construct, which present many challenges and will be ever increasing for test and evaluation of unmanned autonomous systems of systems. Challenges include emergent behaviors along with resource limitations that will cause test planners to balance tradeoffs in order to effectively plan test missions. The current test and evaluation enterprise will have to change in order to address such challenges. This thesis investigates how a decision support system can be utilized by DoD test and evaluation stakeholders to adequately plan missions for unmanned autonomous systems of systems testing. Research was conducted to serve dual strategic and tactical purposes. Strategically, this research served to identify potential gaps in the test and evaluation enterprise, which create challenges for unmanned autonomous systems of systems testing. Tactically, this research investigated how a decision support system can deliver value to the stakeholders of the enterprise. This effort was guided by five research focus areas. First, focus was on differentiating testing at the system and systems of systems levels. Second, test and evaluation stakeholders were identified and their saliency was determined. Third, stakeholder values for testing of unmanned systems were gathered via stakeholder interviews. Fourth, challenges of testing unmanned autonomous systems of systems were determined. Lastly, a use case example was utilized to demonstrate how stakeholder value is generated by the use of a decision support system.
by Karl K. Cowart.
S.M.in Engineering and Management
Morris, Matthew T. "A Cybernetic analysis of the United States of America's relationship with Iraq." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30252.
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Dysart, Thomas. "Systems within systems : free and open source software licences under German and United States law." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:4632118c-1ef6-47b9-ac89-2b3c7889f881.
Full textPayne, Katherine Carl. "Automated Route Generation for Bicycle Tours of the United States." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/333502.
Full textHanda, Rish. "The extraterritorial dimension of patent law systems /." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=112602.
Full textSweney, Jill Marie. "Combining Systems Methodologies to Reduce Allergen-Related Food Recalls." PDXScholar, 2015. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2373.
Full textHelligso, Jesse. "A MICROECONOMIC MODEL OF HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS: FROM THEORETICAL TO PRACTICAL." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2007. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2374.
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Department of Political Science
Sciences
Political Science MA
Ramsey, Andrew R. "Acquisition of foreign NDI weapon systems for United States Special Operations Forces." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1997. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA334087.
Full textMarsh, Peter S. "United States Coast Guard operational information systems : improving functionality and cross-functionality." Thesis, Monterey, California: U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/34997.
Full textAndrews, Nicholas E., Gerardo Gamboa, Roscoe A. Smith, Matthew P. Artelt, Sarah E. Hentges, and Dereck D. Wright. "Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems aboard the United States Navy 21st Century Warship." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/6947.
Full textThe current world geopolitical situation has resulted in an ever increasing number of third-world nations and terrorists states gaining access to advanced military technology and weaponry that was previously limited to first-world nations. The blue water and littoral areas that are the operational environments of the United States and Coalition naval forces are within range of capable enemy missile systems as was evident in the attacks on the United States Ship Stark by Iraq in 1987 and the Israeli Naval Ship Hanit by Hezbollah in July 2006 Given the increasing threat of Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles (ASCM), the complete integration of an effective Electronic Warfare system into the combat systems of U.S. and Coalition maritime forces is paramount. Research has shown that this integration must include a computer-aided human element in the decision process. The project objective was to develop an improved, advanced Electronic Warfare architecture with a complete range of automated operation using a Human-In-the-Loop that could be integrated into existing and future combat systems. A model was developed that demonstrates solutions that integrate hard-kill defensive systems with soft-kill subsystems, managed by a human, in order to provide a completely integrated capability to defend against land, air, and sea-launched ASCMs.
Bagai, Akshay. "Payment systems in the United States and architectures enabled by digital currencies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112061.
Full textCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-71).
A payment is a transfer of value from one party to another and cash is the simplest form of payment. However, the cost of cash transactions increases as the volume of transactions or distance between the parties involved increases. Various electronic payment systems have evolved over time to enable different types of transactions in the economy. Payment systems are now the backbone of the economy and trillions of dollars are exchanged on the payment system rails every year. Central banks, payment processors, payment gateways, credit card issuers and banks are just a few of the counterparties which enable payments across a multitude of counterparties for their specific needs. An extremely complex technological architecture enables these transactions. Central banks are now considering the issuance of digital currencies to increase efficiency in payments. Blockchain could potentially simplify payments systems and reduce market inefficiencies. It can provide a way for multiple counterparties to connect on the same platform and reduce the time for clearing and settlement. In this thesis, I study the technology and stakeholder needs to propose novel architectures that could be adopted for payments processing.
by Akshay Bagai.
S.M. in Engineering and Management
Wetsch, John Robert. "Assessing The Practice of Systems Administration in United States Federal District Courts." NSUWorks, 1994. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/915.
Full textAleshire, Emily Browning. "Forage Systems for the Southeastern United States: Crabgrass and Crabgrass-Lespedeza Mixtures." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34206.
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Loeb, Sam. "Zeroing in : a capabilities-based alternative to precision guided munitions planning /." Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2005. http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs%5Fdissertations/2005/RAND%5FRGSD195.pdf.
Full textKilhenny, Craig M. "An organizational analysis of Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Mar%5FKilhenny.pdf.
Full textMcLean, Caitlin Camille. "Market-based childcare & maternal employment : a comparison of systems in the United States & United Kingdom." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25694.
Full textFrancisco, Jon S. Von Krueger Kristopher E. "An evaluation of Yuma Proving Grounds ballistic arsenal scoring methods /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Jun%5FFrancisco.pdf.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Lyn R. Whitaker. Includes bibliographical references (p. 113). Also available online.
Germakian, David G. Jaskowiak Derek C. "Model of the US CENTCOM joint targeting architecture develop targets /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA424953.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Osmundson, John. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-91). Also available online.
Mousseau, Albert G. "An analysis of testing risks : a strategy for mitigation." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/1376.
Full textThe Department of Defense is continuously trying to improve the product development effort for its weapon systems. As the complexity of those systems increases, so does the importance of the test and evaluation process. All Services have been victims of poor performance in the independent Operational Evaluation of their respective weapon systems. With the drive to deliver products rapidly to the Warfighter, the prospect for success in Operational Test is reduced. Years of neglect and funding reductions have resulted in a decaying test infrastructure. The acquisition community's failure to consistently apply lessons learned and best business practices ensures repeating the mistakes. The US Navy is embarking on an aggressive six-year development effort to retrofit the aging High speed Anti-Radiation Missile with advanced technology and net-centric enabling systems. This Sea Power 21 weapon will require a test strategy that can effectively verify and evaluate product maturity before independent operational testing. Applying best business practices, lessons learned, and understanding the current state of affairs with respect to the range infrastructure, the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Test and Evaluation Integrated Product Team can develop a test approach to mitigate the risk of operational test failure.
Bogard, Donald P. "An analysis of codified legal systems in the United States and unwritten legal systems in tribal Africa." Virtual Press, 1989. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/560301.
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Green, Tomas W. (Tomas Wesley). "Distributed household effects of climate policy in the United States." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127170.
Full textCataloged from the official PDF of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-83).
The net effects of various climate policies on households in the United States are assessed, with particular attention to the distribution of economic outcomes across geography, urbanity, and income groups. Climate policy has the potential to assess more costs to low-income households than high-income households (regressive) as well as more costs to rural households than metropolitan. The objective of this study was to improve the understanding of the potential for regressivity, geographic transfers, and rural-urban transfers among climate policy options and to test for ways to mitigate regressivity and unwanted transfers. Using different machine learning algorithms, I created a statistical model of the household carbon footprint (HCF) for an average household in each US Census tract. Policy outcomes were assessed by quantifying the net increase or decrease of annual household expenses (e.g.
electricity, utilities, and gasoline consumption) under 12 different policy scenarios, which included carbon pricing schemes, regulatory standards (Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards, Clean Energy Standards, and the Clean Power Plan), and a scenario that combined carbon pricing and command-and-control regulation. I found that there is significant variation in carbon footprints with income and geography; income effects are mostly driven by higher footprints related to transportation and consumer products and services, while geographic effects are affected by the carbon intensity of the electricity grid. Carbon pricing, when accompanied with a dividend, is progressive for urban, rural, and suburban households. There are transfers from the Midwest and Plains to the Coasts when the dividend is evenly divided, but this can be mitigated though adjusting the dividend slightly (<8% increase or decrease).
Adjusting the dividend to increase the amount for low-income households and reduce the amount for high-income households benefits rural households more on average, but increases the overall heterogeneity of impacts within each income group. Adjusting the carbon dividend for both geography and urbanity increases the average benefit to low-income households and reduces the heterogeneity of impacts within income groups. The effects of the regulatory policy tends to be regressive and are, on average, a net cost to households who are low income - especially those in rural areas. Combining a carbon price and dividend with regulatory standards can remove the regressive trend of regulations, but regional and urban-rural transfers are harder to mitigate.
by Tomas W. Green.
S.M. in Technology and Policy
S.M.inTechnologyandPolicy Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Kubik, Charles Paul. "Using commercial aviation information systems in operational support airlift decision support systems." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/1397.
Full textscheduling solutions for routing aircraft, crews and logistical support needed to successfully operate in this new environment. The opportunity exists for the DoD's private aircraft operation, the Joint Operational Support Airlift Center (JOSAC), to utilize some of the same system features used in commercial operations such as NetJets to improve operations. This thesis will analyze the use of commercial air operator strategies and DSS's to be used in JOSAC to improve operational effectiveness. It will look to add new capabilities and processes used in commercial DSS's along with the implementation of the disruptive technology, microjets. Some of the potential benefits include improved operational performance, solutions to scheduling inefficiencies and improved mission readiness. With these improvements the potential for a military microjet operation in the future is a real possibility.
1st Lieutenant, United States Air Force
Fischer, Michael E. "Mission-type orders in joint air operations the empowerment of air leadership /." Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press, 1995. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/33021775.html.
Full textKwok, Peter Jordan. "Electricity transmission investment in the United States : an investigation of adequacy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/62058.
Full textCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-91).
There is a prevailing sentiment that the United States is underinvested in its electric transmission infrastructure. The standard claim is that poor regulation has caused insufficient levels of capital to be devoted to the transmission system and resulted in a network that is economically inefficient and potentially unreliable. Furthermore, it has been postulated that if policy changes are not made to increase investment in the near future, the US will face a crisis within its electricity grid. This investigation assesses these claims and, where regulation or investment is found to be wanting, policy recommendations to remedy the situation are made. Adequacy is defined here in the context of the major goals for transmission in the United States - generator interconnection, economics, reliability, and policy support - and whether the current system is achieving these goals. Adequacy is neither static nor a binary outcome, and at any point in time the system exists along some continuum between perfectly adequate and completely inadequate. This state may be affected by policies in place, the economy, the fuel prices that underlie the economics of the power system, or by other factors, and thus adequacy must be regularly revisited, as is done here. This study begins by finding that many of the indicators traditionally used to assess adequacy of transmission investment do not actually have much utility when it comes to drawing a definitive conclusion. Additionally, data that could potentially indicate adequacy are either insufficient to support any findings on the matter or are inconclusive. As such, other avenues of research are required. Two approaches are settled on as possible ways of addressing adequacy. The first, a "regulatory rationale" approach, seeks to apply logic and experience to deduce what outcomes might result from current regulatory structures. The second, a set of interviews with professional transmission planners, serves to validate the theoretical findings of the regulatory rationale and gain insight into the actual state of the system. The interview responses are analyzed using grounded theory, a structured method for interpreting qualitative data. Based on the two pronged qualitative assessment of system adequacy, the transmission network is found to be more adequate than is commonly claimed. Specifically, the system is quite adequate to serve the goals of generator interconnection and reliability. The conclusions for whether the system is economically efficient are the least clear, but to the extent that is possible within the current planning process, it appears that there is not cause to be concerned about underinvestment. Any major economic opportunities that are being missed are likely a result of the lack of an inter-regional planning process, which in turn means that opportunities for strengthening of economic linkages between regional jurisdictions are probably overlooked. The most concerning category where adequacy may become an issue is policy lines. While a motivating national policy is not yet in place, the type of transmission regulation that would result in transmission expansion to serve policy needs is not in place. Regulatory change is required to ensure that the system does not end up with a regulatory framework that cannot support legislative goals. Based on these findings, a limited number of policy recommendations are forwarded. First, it is suggested that any decisions based on the conventional wisdom be reexamined based on a more rigorous assessment of more complete data on the current state of the system. Next, it is recommended that the economic criteria and planning process be revisited with a focus on ensuring that inter-regional opportunities are not overlooked. Finally, there is a need to create policy certainty about what the future goals are for the power system, which should be supported by improved regulation that will allow for the incorporation of large quantities of renewable power sources.
by Peter Jordan Kwok.
S.M.in Technology and Policy
Ippolito, Andrea K. (Andrea Katherine). "Architecting the future telebehavioral health system of care in the United States Army." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79523.
Full textCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-159).
Charged by the Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, the authors were members of a study to develop innovative recommendations for transforming the military enterprise to better manage post-traumatic stress and related conditions in support of service members and their families. The authors first began their study by performing a stakeholder analysis to understand the unmet needs of stakeholders across the enterprise. By assessing stakeholder values across the life cycle, we found that there was a strong need to improve the continuity of care and accessibility of services for service members and their families, in particular for the Reserve Component and National Guard population. Therefore, the authors investigated the role of technology to serve as a force extender to improve access and timeliness of care to psychological health care services. Specifically, they utilized a systems approach to evaluate the current state of telehealth within the Military Health System. By utilizing the enterprise lenses of strategy, policy, organization, services, processes, infrastructure, and knowledge to analyze the current state of telebehavioral health, they proposed a future state architecture for telehealth delivery. They highlight seven enterprise requirements for developing this future state architecture: 1. MEDCOM shall establish a core funding stream as a line item to support TH service line. 2. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall develop standard TBH metrics for deployment across the enterprise 3. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall identify eligible populations across the enterprise that could benefit from the expanded access that TBH services provide. 4. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall develop an enterprise solution that supports seamless flow of operational information and the electronic health record. 5. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall revisit specific policies that are presenting barriers to telehealth growth and sustainability. 6. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall encourage learning and best practice sharing across the Army TH enterprise. 7. MEDCOM Telehealth Service line shall collaborate with other Army governance organizations to develop a mobile health strategy and pilot projects for the Army enterprise.
by Andrea K. Ippolito.
S.M.
Hozven, Marcelo A. Clark George W. "DoD supply chain implications of radio frequency identification (RFID) use within Air Mobility Command (AMC) /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Dec%5FHozven%5FMBA.pdf.
Full text"MBA professional report"--Cover. Thesis advisor(s): Ira Lewis, Keebom Kang, Nicholas Dew. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-75). Also available online.
Krajacich, Christopher A. "Designing a FORCEnet information topology." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Dec%5FKrajacich.pdf.
Full textBenhart, Ralph L. Dardis Dean J. "Intranet prototype for the United States Coast Guard Electronic Systems Support Unit Alameda /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA346816.
Full text"September 1998." Thesis advisor(s): Suresh Sridhar, Carl Jones. Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-182). Also available online.