NPS Logo

GSOIS Header
The Naval Postgraduate School's Operations Research Department offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The department is without peer in integrating military applications of operations research into graduate education. 

 

Home
Professional History
Papers
Other Publications
Presentations
Thesis Supervision

Operations Research Department
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943

Glasgow Hall 212
(831) 656-2578
DSN: 756-2578
Fax: (831) 656-2595
Email: joroyset@nps.edu

Johannes O. Royset

THESIS SUPERVISION

Current Students

HUNT, STEPHEN, Master of Science in Operations Research

MIRANDA, SOFIA, Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research

PIETZ, JESSE, Major, U.S. Air Force, Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research.

Former Students

FORAKER, JOSEPH, Commander, U.S. Navy, Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research, September, 2011.

MIRANDA, SOFIA, Master of Science in Operations Research, September 2011

PEE, ENG YAU, “On Algorithms for Nonlinear Minimax and Min-Max-Min Problems and Their Efficiency,” Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research, March 2011.

GIFT, PHILIP D., Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, “Planning for an adaptive evader with application to drug interdiction operations,” Master of Science in Operations Research, September 2010.

BESSMAN, DANIEL L., Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, “Optimal interdiction of an adaptive smuggler,” Master of Science in Operations Research, September 2010.

MERKLE, TIMOTHY J., Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, "Logistical Risk Planning Tool: Optimizing the Deployment of Cargo Unmanned Aerial System in Logistical Support Missions at the Tactical Level," Master of Science in Operations Research, June 2010. (MORS/Tisdale Thesis Award.) (Co-advised with M. Kress.)

BASOVA, HABIB, "Reliability-based Design Optimization using Buffered Failure Probability," Master of Science in Operations Research, June 2010.

ROZEN, NIR, "Sensor-Interceptor Operational Policy Optimization for Maritime Interdiction Missions," Master of Science in Operations Research, December 2009.

GONZALEZ, ISSAC, Commander, U.S. Navy, "Efficient Retirement Financial Plans: An Inverse Optimization and Parameterization of Intertemporal Discounted Habit Formation Utility," Master of Science in Operations Research, June 2009.

VONDRAK, DAVID, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, "Adaptive Selection of Sample Size and Solver Iterations in Stochastic Optimization with Application to Nonlinear Commodity Flow Problems," Master of Science in Operations Research, March 2009.

JOHNSON, WESLEY, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, "Solving for Optimal Retirement Financial Plans by Maximizing a Discounted Habit Formation Utility Function," Master of Science in Operations Research, March 2009.

SATO, HIROYUKI, "Path Optimization for Single and Multiple Searchers: Models and Algorithms," Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research, September 2008.

CLEM, DOYNE D., Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, "Logistically-Constrained Assets Scheduling in Maritime Security Operations," Master of Science in Operations Research, September 2008.

MCCADDEN, KEVIN, Ensign, U.S. Navy, "Allocation of UAV Search Efforts using Dynamic Programming and Bayesian Updating," Master of Science in Operations Research, June 2008.

NIGUS, CHRISTOPHER, Ensign, U.S. Navy, "Allocation of UAV Search Efforts using Dynamic Programming and Bayesian Updating," Master of Science in Operations Research, June 2008.

SCIOLETTI, MICHAEL S., Major, U.S. Army, "A Heuristic Algorithm for Optimized Routing of Unmanned Aerial Systems for the Interdiction of Improvised Explosive Devices," Master of Science in Operations Research, June 2008.

MCNARY, BRADLEY, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, "Real-Time Dispatching of Rubber-Tired Gantry Cranes in Container Terminals," Master of Science in Operations Research, March 2008.

NACHMANI, GIL, "Minimum-Energy Flight Paths for UAVs Using Mesoscale Wind Forecasts and Approximate Dynamic Programming," Master of Science in Operations Research, December 2007.

KARCZEWSKI, NORBERT, Major, U.S. Marine Corps, "Optimal Aircraft Routing in a Constrained Path-Dependent Environment," Master of Science in Operations Research, September 2007. (Co-advised with R. Gera, Department of Applied Mathematics.)

REBER, DANIEL, Major, U.S. Marine Corps, "Optimized Routing of Unmanned Aerial Systems for the Interdiction of Improvised Explosive Devices," Master of Science in Operations Research, September 2007. (MORS/Tisdale Thesis Award.) 

BURTON, LARRY, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, "Strategic Inventory Positioning of Navy Depot Level Repairables," Master of Science in Operations Research, June 2005.

 

 

Material contained herein is made available for the purpose of peer review and discussion and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Navy or the Department of Defense.

Operations Research Home Page | NPS Home Page | Disclaimer
GSOIS Webmaster |  Contact NPS Webmaster