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Vendor: Byron P. Formwalt
Realtime Color Stereovision Processing
Recent developments in aviation have made micro air vehicles (MAVs) a reality. These featherweight palm-sized radio-controlled flying saucers embody the future of air-to-ground combat. No one has ever successfully implemented an autonomous control system for MAVs. Because MAVs are physically small with limited energy...- $57.95
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Finding Balance for Dual-Role Bombers
The purpose of this paper is to identify some concepts that nuclear enterprise leaders might choose to use in achieving balance for dual-role strategic bombers. Dual-role bombers face a unique demand of having to maintain a high state of readiness in both the nuclear...- $18.95
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Distributed Object System Egineering for Terminal Aerodrome Forecast Validation and Metrics Processing
Distributed object systems are a very complex intertwining of heterogene-oushardware, software, and operating systems coupled with communication networks of varying protocols and capacities. Distributed components offer improved performance through parallel processing, improved expansion and scalability opportunities through modularity, improved availability through replication, and improved...- $18.95
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I Can, But I Won't: An Exploratory Study of People and New Information Technologies in the Military
Cloud computing is one of the hottest topics in Information Technology accounting for growth in IT spending with global revenues surging to over $130 billion in 2013. According to the Federal CIO, the U. S. Government is considered the world's largest purchaser of information...- $17.95
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Vendor: Ryan L. Craft
Drag Esimates for the Joined-Wing Sensor Craft
This research studied the drag effects of the joined-wing sensor craft technology demonstrator being developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory. Although many performance parameters have been studied and evaluated for this vehicle, to date no detailed drag estimates have been conducted for the...- $18.95
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Vendor: Julie S. Newlin
Minimizing the Human Capital Aspect of Productivity Disruption During Implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning System
The Air Force is investing a great deal of time and money in development of the Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS), an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. When implemented, ECSS will completely transform the way the logistics community does business. It will reduce 400...- $17.95
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Vendor: Ryan W. Thomas
Multicast Algorithms for Mobile Satellite Communication Networks
With the rise of mobile computing and an increasing need for ubiquitous high speed data connections, Internet-in-the-sky solutions are becoming increasingly viable. To reduce the network overhead of one-to-many transmissions, the multicast protocol has been devised. The implementation of multicast in these Low Earth...- $57.95
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Comparison of Climatological Optical Turbulence Profiles to Standard, Statistical and Numerical Models Using Heleeos
Optical turbulence within earth's atmosphere plays a significant role in electromagnetic radiation propagation from a high energy laser. The index of refraction structure constant, Cn2, characterizes turbulent spatial fluctuations due to temperature gradients. These changes in the index of refraction affect the intensity of...- $57.95
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Analysis of Photoconductive Properties in Ge2Sb2Te5 Chalcogenide Films for Applications in Novel Electronics
This thesis investigated the thermal phase-change properties in Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) chalcogenide-based films and determined the feasibility of coupling the GST with photosensitive DNA material for novel optical device applications. Modeling and testing of GST was researched with the approach that GST would react as...- $17.95
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Immersive Learning Simulations in Aircraft Maintenance Training
This paper examines a relatively new computer based training system called Immersive Learning Simulation (ILS) which shows great signs of cutting training time. Many reasons exist to examine the question of whether or not ILS would save time and money if applied to aircraft...- $57.95
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The Effective Potential Energy Surfaces of the Nonadiabatic Collision
Effective potential energy surfaces (PESs) are calculated for the nonadiabatic collision. This calculation employed 1 2A2, 2 2A2, and 1 2A3 adiabatic PESs numerically calculated at the state-averaged multiconfigurational self-consistent field (SA-MCSCF)/configuration interaction (CI) level for several values of the H2 bond length, H2...- $18.95
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Vendor: Douglas P. Medley
Virtualization Technology Applied to Rootkit Defense
This research effort examines the idea of applying virtualization hardware to enhance operating system security against rootkits. Rootkits are sets of tools used to hide code and/or functionality from the user and operating system. Rootkits can accomplish this feat through using access to one...- $57.95
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Vendor: Gerald W. Wirsig
The Airborne Laser and the Future of Theater Missile Defense
The theater ballistic missile (TBM) problem encountered in the Persian Gulf War revealed an alarming deficiency in US defenses. This paper takes a brief look at the major theater missile defense (TMD) systems in use and under development by the US today. Second, it...- $57.95
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Vendor: Erich Lichtfuss
Non-GPS Navigation Using Vision-Aiding and Active Radio Range Measurements
The military depends on the Global Positioning System (GPS) for a wide array of advanced weaponry guidance and precision navigation systems. Lack of GPS access makes precision navigation very difficult. Inclusion of inertial sensors in existing navigation systems provides short-term precision navigation, but drifts...- $57.95
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Vendor: Woo-Suk Chun
Life Cycle Assessment of LEED vs. Conventionally Built Residential Units
The United States Air Force constructed 1,028 energy efficient homes at Biloxi, MS. To analyze and compare these energy efficient homes to conventionally built homes, this study employed a hybrid LCA and energy simulation. These energy efficient homes have a 16% less environmental impact,...- $57.95
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Vendor: Christopher M. Valeriano
Another Velvet Revolution? Implications of the 1989 Czech Velvet Revolution on Iran
In a recent Washington Times article, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney provided commentary on potential US military courses of action to counter Iranian nuclear advances. The editorial published on 3 August 2010, quoted the General as stating'It will be primarily an air...- $57.95
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Vendor: S. Hinote
More Than Bombing Saddam: Attacking the Leadership in Operation Iraqi Freedom
In Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the US-led coalition employed a comprehensive strategy of leadership attack as part of its overall plan. The purpose of this study is to analyze these leadership-attack efforts and determine their effects within the overall strategy. In this work, leadership...- $20.95
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First in! Expeditionary Airbase Seizure and Operations: Power Projection Through Mobility Warriors
This study analyzes the historical perspectives of airbase seizure and follow-on airbase operations from World War Il to today. It attempts to glean lessons for the new USAF Contingency Response Groups (CRG). I explore what the value of such a unit is to the...- $17.95
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Vendor: Nathan P. Olsen
The Impact of Operations Tempo on Intentions to Depart the Military: Does the Increase of OPTEMPO Cause Action?
Recent information in the field of Operations Tempo (OPTEMPO) has resulted in conflicting information on its effect on turnover intentions. This study evaluated the August 2004 Status of Forces Survey to determine if the sample demonstrated OPTEMPO had a curvilinear effect on turnover intentions...- $17.95
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Vendor: Tereca V. Benton
Data Envelopment Analysis to Assess Productivity in the United States Air Force Medical Supply Chain
Utilizing a DEA model created by Dr. Paul Jensen, of the University of Texas, each of 73 AF MTFs was assigned baseline efficiency rating in the current medical supply chain network structure. Efficiency was calculated based on the facility's capability to process input(s) to...- $57.95
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Vendor: Steven C. Oimoen
Dynamic Network Formation Using Ant Colony Optimization
This research presents three contributions for solving highly dynamic (i.e. drastic change within the network) Multi-commodity Capacitated Network Design Problems (MCNDPs) resulting in a distributed multi-agent network design algorithm. The first contribution incorporates an Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm Ant Colony System (ACS) to...- $23.95
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Vendor: Robert E. Kiebler
USAF Advisory Programs: Evolving to Meet Future Challenges
The current international security environment is characterized by numerous complex challenges and decentralized transnational threats. To meet these emerging threats, the most recent Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) calls for an increased capability to train, equip, and advise indigenous forces as a means to improve...- $17.95
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Predicting the Benefits, Barriers, and Bridges for USAF Expeditionary Combat Support System Implementation
The United States Air Force (USAF) is making a bold move to replace over 400 logistics information systems with one enterprise-wide information system. This study performs an early assessment of the USAF's Expeditionary Combat Support System's (ECSS) ability to meet USAF logistics needs by...- $17.95
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Vendor: Kristopher S. Bjerkaas
Consistency Results for the ROC Curves of Fused Classifiers
The U.S. Air Force is researching the fusion of multiple classifiers. Given a finite collection of classifiers one seeks a new fused classifier with improved performance. An established performance quantifier is the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve, which allows one to view the probability...- $57.95
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Unmanned Aerial Warfare: Strategic Help or Hindrance?
This paper examines whether the US can maintain political and public support for limited military operations conducted by unmanned aerial assets. It finds that historically the American public is motivated to support operations because of passions, traditions and faith. Furthermore, politicians have typically made...- $17.95
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Vendor: Jon M. Anderson
Nonlinear Suppression of Range Ambiguity in Pulse Doppler Radar
Coherent pulse train processing is most commonly used in airborne pulse Doppler radar, achieving adequate transmitter/receiver isolation and excellent resolution properties while inherently inducing ambiguities in both Doppler and range. As first introduced by Palermo in 1962 using two conjugate LFM pulses, the primary...- $57.95
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Vendor: Ryan M. McGuire
Weighted Key Player Problem for Social Network Analysis
Social network analysis is a tool set whose uses range from measuring the impact of marketing campaigns to disrupting clandestine terrorist organizations. Social network analysis tools are primarily focused on the structure of relationships between actors in the network. However, characteristics of the actors,...- $57.95
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Diffusion of Innovation: Factors Promoting Interest in Solar Photovoltaic Generation Systems Within Air Force Installations
The purpose of this research was to identify factors which promote interest in solar photovoltaic generation systems for facility use within the United States Air Force. The construct model was developed based on past literature on Diffusion of Innovation Theory. The model consisted of...- $18.95
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Vendor: Harmen P. Visser
Suitability of Unidata Metapps for Incorporation in Platform-Independent User-Customized Aviation Weather Products Generation Software
Due to multiple factors, including an increase in military operations tempo and the improved resolution of meteorological models, demand for access to customized aviation weather products has increased exponentially. This has given rise to a need for a multi-purpose interactive aviation weather product generation...- $17.95
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Vendor: Daniel P. Johnstone
Modeling the Pre-Positioning of Air Force Precision Guided Munitions
The Air Force's ability to deploy, employ, and sustain operations in forward locations is a key to mission success. An integral part of this strategy is equipment prepositioning, to include: vehicles, aircraft support, consumable inventory, and munitions. This research focuses on defining and developing...- $57.95
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Gauging Provincial Reconstruction Team Effectiveness
PRTs: How Do We Know if They Work? Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction (SSTR) programs have become central to the US and NATO efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan and will continue to play a key role in any operational plan effort during the stability...- $18.95
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AR 25-1 2004 (Obsolete): Army Knowledge Management and Information Technology Management
This regulation establishes the policies and assigns responsibilities for the management of information resources and information technology (IT). It applies to IT contained in command and control (C2) systems, intelligence systems, business systems, and (except as noted) national security systems developed or purchased by...- $17.95
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Vendor: Earl M. Bednar
Feasibility Study of Variance Reductionin the THUNDER Campaign-Level Model
As an Air Force Chief of Staff endorsed topic, Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency (AFSAA) requested an effective and efficient way to reduce the variance in analysis results from THUNDER. THUNDER is a large-scale discrete event simulation of campaign-level military operations and is...- $20.95
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Vendor: James W. Myers
Nonstate Actor Threats in 2025 Blue Horizons Scenarios
One must know the enemy to win. To determine technologies that provide the best return on Air Force investment, decision-makers require a common context regarding the future threat space. The author bounds the future threat space using four plausible scenarios based on understanding where...- $18.95
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Classification of Radar Targets Using Invariant Features
Automatic target recognition (ATR) using radar commonly relies on modeling a target as a collection of point scattering centers. Features extracted from these scattering centers for input to a target classifier may be constructed that are invariant to translation and rotation, i.e., they are...- $57.95
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USAF Civil Reserve Air Fleet Aeromedical Evacuation Airlift Capability
The Department of Defense, USAF, and Air Mobility Command (AMC) rely on the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) to provide supplemental airlift in times of national emergency. AMC oversees the CRAF program which contains three segments: international, national, and aeromedical evacuation. The CRAF Aeromedical...- $57.95
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Boots in the Air: Moving the New Army Brigade
The perennial role of the Army in the armed forces has been to bring dominant combat power to bear in the form of firepower from heavy divisions. In post-Cold War engagements, the variable nature and increased frequency of conflicts warrant a review of how...- $17.95
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Detailed Design of the Rigidizable Inflatable Get-Away-Special Experiment
This research effort builds upon the previous design of the Rigidizable Inflatable Get-Away-Special Experiment (RIGEX). RIGEX is a Space Shuttle experiment that will study the effects of the zero-gravity space environment on the deployment and modal analysis of three in-atable and rigidizable tubes using...- $18.95
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An Update on Analyzing Differences between Public and Private Sector Information Resource Management: Strategic Information Technology Challenges and
Change is a constant within our contemporary IRM environment. The rapid development of information and communication technologies has been the most predominant among the many agents of change that are forcing a reevaluation of the role of the IRM professional. Few studies to date...- $57.95
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Cost Analysis Between Saber and Design Bid Build Construction
The majority of Air Force construction performed by two main contractual methods, Design Bid Build (DBB) and Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER). DBB is the traditional contracting method where each project is competitively bid. SABER uses one contractor to complete multiple projects...- $57.95
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Vendor: Clint R. Sikes
Non-Cooperative Detection of Frequency-Hopped GMSK Signals
Many current and emerging communication signals use Gaussian Minimum Shift Keyed (GMSK), Frequency-Hopped (FH) waveforms to reduce adjacent-channel interference while maintaining Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) characteristics. These waveforms appear in both military (Tactical Targeting Networking Technology, or TTNT) and civilian (Bluetooth) applications. This...- $57.95
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Analysis of Cloud-Free Line-of-Sight Probability Calculations
Cloud-free line-of-sight probabilities were calculated using two separate methods. The first was a variation of a method developed by the Rand Corporation in 1972. In it, CFLOS probabilities were calculated using empirical data based on five years of photograms taken over Columbia, Missouri and...- $57.95
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Estimating Required Contingency Funds for Construction Projects Using Multple Linear Regression
Cost overruns are a critical problem for construction projects. The common practice for dealing with cost overruns is the assignment of an arbitrary flat percentage of the construction budget as a contingency fund. This research seeks to identify significant factors that may influence, or...- $57.95
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Experimental Validation Techniques for the HELEEOS Off-Axis Laser Propagation Model
The High Energy Laser End-to-End Operational Simulation (HELEEOS) off-axis scattering algorithm is designed to predict the irradiance that will be detected at a given off-axis location due to atmospheric scattering of a high-energy laser. The HELEEOS system models the propagation of the laser through...- $57.95
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Application of KAM Theorem to Earth Orbiting Satellites
An orbit that lies on a Kolmogorov, Arnold, and Moser (KAM) Torus will remain on that torus until and unless it experiences a force that causes it to leave the torus. Earth satellites that are subject only to the Earth's gravity field may lie...- $57.95
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Mathematical Programming Model for Fighter Training Squadron Pilot Scheduling
The United States Air Force fighter training squadrons build weekly schedules using a long and tedious process. Very little of this process is automated and optimality of any kind is nearly impossible. Schedules are built to a feasible condition only to be changed with...- $57.95
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Vulnerability Analysis of Soviet Division-Level Troop Control
This study describes the Soviet troop control system in the motorized rifle division and analyzes it to determine its potential vulnerabilities. The study begins with a review of the evolution of the Soviet troop control system at the division level during and since World...- $57.95
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Afghanistan in the Balance: Air Politik
The United States faces a classic challenge in Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires, as it attempts to meet its pragmatic security interests. The rugged, landlocked terrain has provided historic sanctuary for its warrior-tribes and safe havens for terrorist groups that have attacked and continue...- $17.95
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Speech Recognition Using the Mellin Transform
The purpose of this research was to improve performance in speech recognition. Specifically, a new approach was investigating by applying an integral transform known as the Mellin transform (MT) on the output of an auditory model to improve the recognition rate of phonemes through...- $57.95
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Determining the Aircraft Requirement for Turkish Air Mobility System
Aircraft technology develops very rapidly. To keep up with the modern technology, we should update our systems and material over time. In order to do so, we should keep track of modern technologies, and implement them in our military. Turkish Air Force Command operates...- $17.95
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