Roberto Szechtman

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

THESIS SUPERVISION

ADVISOR

• Kronzilber, Dor. Multi-Armed Bandit Models of Network Intrusion in the Cyber Domain," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (September 2017.)
• Akin, Ezra. A Multi-Armed Bandit Approach to Following a Markov Chain," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (June 2017.) This thesis resulted in an article that appeared in Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference.
• Hepworth, Adam. A Multi-Armed Bandit Approach to Superquantile Selection," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (June 2017.) This thesis resulted in an article that appeared in Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference.
• Tekin, Muhammet. New Perspectives on Intelligence Collection and Processing," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (June 2016.)
• Gencay, Mehmet Ali. A Geographic Optimization Approach to Coast Guard Ship Basing," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (June 2015.)
• Gable, Adam. Study of Naval Air Station Operations to Reduce Fuel Consumption," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (June 2014.)
• Nesbitt, Jesse. Robust Optimization in Operational Risk: A Study of the Joint Platform Allocation Tool," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (June 2014.) 2
• Perez Duenas, Federico. A Principal-Agent Perspective on Counterinsurgency Situations," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (June 2011.)
• Garrick, Ronald. Modeling Decision Making Logic: A Case Study of Lebanese Hezbollah," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (June 2010.)
• Wilson, Kurt E., E
  cient Employment of Imperfect Search Sensors in Complex Environments," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (September 2009.)
• Lee, KoK Kiang, E
  cient Employment of Reactive and Semi Reactive Sensors," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (December 2008.)
• Von Saint Paul, Jim, Evaluation Of Combined Torpedo Countermeasures," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (September 2006.)
• Cfir, Dolev, A Model Of Border Patrol To Support Optimal Operation Of Border Surveillance Sensors," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (December 2005.) This thesis resulted in a paper in the journal Naval Research Logistics; see Section III.2.iii.
• Gunes, Ersan, A Kernel Approach To The Estimation Of Performance Measures In A Helicopter Ambulance Service With Missing Data," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (July 2005.) This thesis resulted in an article that appeared in Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference.

CO-ADVISOR

• Gerber, Chad. More Fightless Fuel: Reducing Fuel Burn Through Ground Process Improvement," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Co-advisors Mike Dixon and Uday Apte. (June 2013.)
• Costica, Yinon. Optimizing Classi
  cation in Intelligence Processing," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Co-advisor Moshe Kress. (December 2010.)
• Burciaga, Aaron. A Dynamic Model for Political Stakeholders: Forecasting the Actions and Relationships of Lebanese Hizbullah with Markov Decision Processes," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Co-advisor Michael P. Atkinson. (June 2010.)
• Harari, Lior, Defense Against Rocket Attacks In The Presence Of False Cues," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Co-advisor Moshe Kress. (December 2008.)
• Jones, Jason, Modeling Detection Strategies for Improvised Explosive Devices," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Co-advisor Moshe Kress. (September 2006.) This thesis lead to a paper in Military Operations Research.
• Lantz, Rob, A Data-Mining Approach To The Prediction Of IED Placement," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Co-advisor Ron Fricker. (September 2006.)
• Schramm, Harrison, Modeling And Analysis Of Information Propagation In A Population With Multiple Centers," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Co-advisor Moshe Kress. (September 2006.)

SECOND READER

• Gay, Jason W.C.. Aircraft Evaluation Using Stochastic Duels," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Advisors: Mike Atkinson and Moshe Kress. (September 2017.)
• Ben Yoash, Roey. Anti-Submarine Warfare Search Models," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Advisors: Mike Atkinson and Moshe Kress. (September 2016.)
• Carlton, Edward. A Simulation Analysis of Work Based Navy Manpower Requirements," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Advisor Chad Seagren. (June 2012.)
• Yildiz, Baris. Buying Hearts and Minds: Modeling Popular Support During an Insurgency Via a Sequential Vote-Buying Game," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. (June 2011.)
• Koenman, Peter W., An Analysis of Sensor E
  ectiveness to Inform a Predictive Maintenance Policy," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Advisor Don Gaver and Pat Jacobs. (June 2009.)
• Radtke, Robert, Mining Data From the Army Reserve for Analysis of Attrition Factors," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Advisor Sam Buttrey. (June 2007.)
• Parashak, Paul, The E
  ects Of Quality And Timeliness Of Targeting Information On Employment Of Long Range Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Advisor Al Washburn. (September 2005.)
• Detar, Paul, Scheduling Marine Corps Entry-Level MOS Schools," Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. Advisor Rob Dell. (September 2004.)

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