Alan R. Washburn

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Operations Research
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA  93943

OTHER PUBLICATIONS 

Caldwell, W.; Hartman, J.; Parry, S.; Youngren, M.; and Washburn, A. 2023. “Aggregated Combat Models. ”These are some old notes on aggregated combat modeling, slightly updated in 2023.

Brown, G., Kline, J., Rosenthal, R., and Washburn, A., 2011, “Mixed Mode Fuel Minimization,” U.S. Patent 8,050,849, November 1, 2011.

Buttrey, Samuel E.; Washburn, Alan R.; and Price, Wilson L. (2011) "Estimating NHL Scoring Rates," Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports: Vol. 7 : Iss. 3, Article 24.

Washburn, A.R., “The Effect of Decoys in IED Warfare,” Technical Report, NPS-OR-10-007, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, September 2010.

Washburn, A.R., “A Multistatic Sonobuoy Theory,” Technical Report, NPS-OR-10-005, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, August 2010.

Washburn, A.R., “Random Meetings at Sea,” Technical Report, NPS-OR-10-001, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, January 2010.

Washburn, A.R., “Barrier Games,” Technical Report, NPS-OR-09-001, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, June 2009.

Washburn, A. 2008. "Women have more sex than men", Science Creative Quarterly, http://www.scq.ubc.ca/women-have-more-sex-than-men/

Washburn, A.R., “Continuous Network Interdiction,” Technical Report, NPS-OR-06-007, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, June, 2006.

Eagle, J., Rosenthal, R. and Washburn, A.R., “Optimization of Anti-Torpedo-Torpedo Salvos,” Project Report, NPS-OR-06-001-PR, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, October, 2005.

Washburn, A.R., “A Review of the ASW Model in ITEM,” Project Report, NPS-OR-05-004-PR, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, February, 2005.

Brown, G. and Washburn, A.R., “The Fast Theater Model (FATHM), ” Project Report, NPS-OR-01-002-PR, Naval Postgraduate School , Monterey , CA , October 2000, revised January 2004.

Carlyle, M., Brown, G. and Washburn, A.R., “Assessment and Investment Model (AIM),” Project Report, NPS-OR-03-009-PR, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, October 2003.

Olwell, D.H. and Washburn, A.R., “Internetting of Fires,” Project Report, NPS-OR-02-003-PR, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, June 2002.

Washburn, A.R., “JOIST:  Joint Optimizing Informational Strike Tool,” Project Report, NPS-OR-02-001-PR, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, November 2001.

Gates, W. and Washburn, A.R., “The Navy Operational Support Aircraft Fleet,” Project Report, NPS-OR-01-006-PR, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, April 2001.

Hohzaki, R. and Washburn, A.R., “A Diffusive Datum Search Game Taking Account of Energy Constraint,” Abstracts of the 2000 Fall National Conference of the OR Society of Japan, 2000, pp. 242-243.

Anderson, T., Gates, W., Kwon, Y., and Washburn, A.R., “Marine KC130F/R Replacement Study,” Project Report, NPS-OR-00-002-PR, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, October 1999.

Washburn, A.R., “Orbital Dynamics for the Compleat Idiot,” Naval War College Review, Vol. LII, No. 1, 1998, pp. 120-129.

Washburn, A.R., “Stochastic Features in ICEBRG,” Project Report, NPS-OR-97-005-PR, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, March 1997.

Washburn, A.R., “Katz Distributions, with Applications to Minefield Clearance,” Technical Report, NPS-OR-96-003, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, March 1996.

Washburn, A.R., “MIXER, a TDA for Mixed Minefield Clearance,” Project Report, NPS-OR-95-011-PR, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, September 1995.

Washburn, A.R., “The ICEBRG Detection Model,” Project Report, NPS-OR-95-004-PR, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, May 1995.

Washburn, A.R., “Branch and Bound Methods for Search Problems,” Technical Report, NPS-OR-95-003, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, April 1995.

Washburn, A.R., “TBM's and the Flaming Datum Problem,” Technical Report, NPS-OR-93-015, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, September 1993.

Brown, G.G., Coulter, D., and Washburn, A.R., “Sortie Optimization and Munitions Planning,” Technical Report, NPS-OR-93-011, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, May 1993.

Washburn, A.R., “More on Cumulative Search Evasion Games,” Technical Report, NPS-OR-92-001, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, October 1991.

Washburn, A.R., “Continuous Autorouters, with an Application to Submarines,” Technical Report, NPS-OR-91-05, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, October 1990.

Washburn, A.R., “Finite Methods for a Nonlinear Allocation Problem,” Technical Report, NPS55-89-03, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, March 1989.

Washburn, A.R. and Eagle, J.N., “Cumulative Search-Evasion Games,” Technical Report, NPS55-89-04, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, March 1989.

Washburn, A.R., “Deterministic Graphical Games,” Technical Report, NPS55-86-010, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, May 1986.

Washburn, A.R. and Boger, D.C., “Notes from the Stockpile Seminar,” Technical Report, NPS55-85-014, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, October 1985.

Washburn, A.R. and Shubert, B., “Naval Minefield Simulation Program for Microcomputers,” Technical Report, NPS55-84-023, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, November 1984.

Washburn, A.R., “Mine Warfare in NWGS,” Project Report, NPS55-83-004-PR, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, March 1983.

Washburn, A.R., “Simple Calculations for a Semi-Configured Minefield,” Technical Report, NPS55-82-027, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, October 1982.

Washburn, A.R., “Countered Minefield Planning:  Area/Count Considerations,” Technical Report, NPS55-82-013, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, April 1982.

Washburn, A.R. and Shubert, B., “Summary of 1981 Activity,” Technical Report, NPS55-81-023, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, October 1981.

Washburn, A.R., “Expanding Area Search Experiments,” Technical Report, NPS-55-017, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, May 1980.

Washburn, A.R., “Analysis of the Memoryless Tracker,” Technical Report, NPS-55-014, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, April 1980.

Washburn, A.R. and Brown, G.G., “Khachian's Algorithm:  A Tutorial,” Technical Report, NPS55-80-008, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, February 1980.

Washburn, A.R., “On the Tradeoff Between Drift and Variance,” Technical Report, NPS55-80-002, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, January 1980.

Washburn, A.R., “Hide and Seek from a Fixed Base,” Technical Report, NPS55-79-010, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, April 1979.

Washburn, A.R., “Search for a Moving Target:  Upper Bound on Detection Probability,” Technical Report, NPS55-78-029, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, October 1978.

Washburn, A.R., “Introduction to Blotto Games,” Technical Report, NPS55Ws78023, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, September 1978.

Washburn, A.R., “Simulation of Kalman Filter used for Short Baseline Underwater Tracking,” Technical Report, NPS55Ws78015, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, July 1978.

Washburn, A.R., Results of Playing an Evasion Game,” Technical Report, NPS55Ws783, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, January 1978.

Washburn, A.R., “Patrolling a Channel Revisited,” Technical Report, NPS55Ws75121, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, December 1976.

Washburn, A.R., “Simulation of Kalman Filter Used for Long Baseline Underwater Tracking,” Technical Report, NPS55Ws75101, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, October 1975.

Washburn, A.R., “An ASW Application of Optimal Stopping,” Technical Report, NPS55Ws74081, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, July 1974.

Washburn, A.R. and Shubert, B., “Equilibrium Equations and a Computation Method for Matrix Differential Games,” Technical Report, NPSWs74061, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, June 1974.

Washburn, A.R., “The Omega-Value of a Two-by-Two Matrix-Differential Game,” Technical Report, NPS55SyWs73101A, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, October 1973.

Washburn, A.R., “A Bi-Modal Inventory Study with Random Lead Times,” Technical Report, NPS55Ws73091A, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, September 1973.

Washburn, A.R., “Approximations for a Pattern Bombing Problem,” Technical Report, NPS55Ws72051A, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, May 1972.

Washburn, A.R., “Introduction to Evasion Games,” Technical Report, NPS55Ws701091A, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, September 1971.

Washburn, A.R., “The D-Transform in Discrete Function Theory,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1965.


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