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Jeffrey A. Appleget

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Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences
Monterey, CA 93943

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THESES SUPERVISED

Ph.D. Dissertation Supervision

  • Hodges, Glenn A., "Identifying the Limits of an Integrated Training Environment Using Human Abilities and Affordance Theory," Ph.D. in Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation, 2014 (committee member)
  • Alt, Jonathan K., "Learning from Noisy and Delayed Rewards: The Value of Reinforcement Learning to Defense Modeling and Simulation," Ph.D. in Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation, 2014 (committee member)

 

Master's Thesis Supervision

2014

  • Felts, Steven R., Major, USA "Analysis of Active Duty Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard Responses to the U.S. Army Global Assessment Tool," MS in Operations Research June 2014. Advisor: Professor Samuel E. Buttrey, Operations Research Department; Co-Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Operations Research Department; Second Reader: Major Edward Masotti, U.S. Army TRADOC Analysis Center, Monterey.
  • Moten, Cardy, Major, USA "Factor Score Evaluation of the U.S. Army's Global Assessment Tool (GAT)," MS in Operations Research June 2014. Advisor: Professor Samuel E. Buttrey, Department of Operation Research; Second Reader: Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research. MORS/Tisdale Finalist.
  • Pavek, Michael K. Lieutenant Colonel, USA and Starken, Austin T., Captain, USA MS in Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation "Web-Based Army Repeatable Lesson in Operational Combat (WARLOC)," June 2014. Advisor: Dr. Christian Darken, Department of Computer Science; Co-Advisor: Jeffrey Appleget, Department of Operations Research. Outstanding Thesis, MOVES Institute.
  • Risius, David J., Major, USA, "Comparison of Sahel Africa Population Perceptions Toward the United States and China," MS in Operations Research, June 2014. Advisor:  Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research; Second Reader: Professor Ronald D. Fricker, Jr., Department of Operations Research.
  • Wagner, Denis M., Major, USA, "Training Effectiveness Study of Simulator Usage and its Impact on Live Fire Armor Gunnery," MS in Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation "Web-Based Army Repeatable Lesson in Operational Combat (WARLOC)," June 2014 Advisor: Dr. Quinn Kennedy, Department of Operations Research; Co-Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Appleget, Department of Operations Research; Second Reader: Mr. Perry McDowell, MOVES Institute.

2013

  • Larrabee, Kevin, Major, USA "Modeling Support for Violent Extremist Organizations (VEOS) After the Mali Coup of 2012," MS in Operations Research, June 2013. Advisor:  Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research; Second Reader: Associate Professor Ronald D. Fricker, Jr., Department of Operations Research.
  • Tabar, Matthew J., Lieutenant Commander, USN, "Analysis of Decisions Made Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process," MS in Operations Research, September 2013. Advisor:  Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research; Second Reader: Professor Ronald D. Fricker, Jr., Department of Operations Research.
  • Timmons, Spencer T., Major, USA, "Modeling Trends of the Stability of Democracy in Mali," MS in Operations Research, June 2013. Advisor:  Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research; Second Reader: Associate Professor Ronald D. Fricker, Jr., Department of Operations Research.
  • Ozcan, Begum, 1st Lieutenant, Turkish Air Force, "Effectiveness of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Helping Secure a Border Characterized by Rough Terrain and Active Terrorists," MS in Operations Research, June 2013. Advisor: Professor Thomas W. Lucas, Department of Operations Research; Second Reader: Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research. MORS/Tisdale Award Winner.

2012

  • Christensen, Carl D., Lieutenant, USN, "Profiling Extremist Groups in the Sahel Region of Africa," MS in Operations Research, June 2012. Advisor:  Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research; Second Reader: Associate Professor Ronald D. Fricker, Jr., Department of Operations Research.
  • Maddux, Joseph K., Captain, USMC, "Developing and Assessing Spatio-temporal Indicators for U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)," MS in Operations Research, June 2012. Advisor:  Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research; Second Reader: Associate Professor Ronald D. Fricker, Jr., Department of Operations Research. MORS/Tisdale Award Finalist.

2011

  • Lee , Kah Hock, Singapore, Civilian, Defence Science and Technology Agency, Singapore, "Sensitivity Analysis of a Cognitive Architecture for the Cultural Geography Model," MS in Operations Research, Dec 2012. Advisor:  Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research; Co-Advisor: Dr. Christian Darken, Department of Computer Science, Second Reader: Captain Richard F. Brown, TRAC-Monterey.
  • Beery, Paul T., Civilian, Department of the Navy, "A Simulation Based Analysis of U.S. Army Watercraft Capabilities in a 2022 Foreign Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief Operation," MS in Systems Engineering, September 2011.  Advisor:  Dr. Eugene Paulo, Department of Systems Engineering; Second Reader: Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research.

2010

  • Evans, Bernard F., Major, USA, "Improving Calculations of the Collateral Effects Radius for the Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness," MS in Operations Research, June 2010.  Advisor:  Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research; Co-Advisor Dr. Morris Driels, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Second Reader: Professor Thomas Lucas, Department of Operations Research.
  • Woodcock, John H., Major, USA, "Border Security Perceptions In Iraq," Master of Systems Analysis June 2010.  Advisor:  Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research.

2009

  • Maroon, Kenneth J., Lieutenant, USN, " Genetic Algorithms in the Battlespace Terrain Reasoning and Awareness—Battle Command (BTRA-BC) Battle Engine," MS in MOVES, September 2009. Co-Advisor:  Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research; Co-Advisor: Mr. Curtis Blais, MOVES Institute.

2000

  • Johnston, Michael S. "An Analysis On The Survivability Of Land Attack Missiles (LAM)," MS in Operations Research, December 2000. Advisor: Dr. Thomas W. Lucas, Department of Operations Research; Second Reader: Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research. 
  • Gozel, Ramazan, "Fitting Firepower Score Models To The Battle Of Kursk Data," MS in Operations Research, September 2000. Advisor: Dr. Thomas W. Lucas, Department of Operations Research; Second Reader: Dr. Jeffrey A. Appleget, Department of Operations Research.  
   

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