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Established in 2003, the Acquisition Research Program (ARP) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is 100% sponsor funded by orginaizations within the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of the Navy (DON). The ARP was strategically created and nurtured to grow organically as a free and open forum that invites innovation and debate on current defense acquisition topics that can provide intellectual rigor and operational impacts to support the warfighter. Through the combined efforts of NPS faculty and experts from US universities, think tanks, industry, and government; ARP generates a stream of relevant information on defense acquisition policies and management processes, with viable recommendations for improvement.

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Collection's Items (Sorted by Submit Date in Descending order): 401 to 420 of 484
Issue DateTitleAuthor(s)
2011-09-21Mathematical modeling to reduce the cost of complex system testing: Characterizing test coverage to assess and improve information returnKarl D. Pfeiffer; Valery A. Kanevsky; Thomas J. Housel
2011-08-24System Capability Satisficing in Defense Acquisition via Element Importance MeasuresBrian J. Sauser; Jose E. Ramirez-Marquez
2011-09-20Ship Maintenance Processes with Collaborative Product Life Cycle Management and 3D Terrestrial Laser Scanning Tools: Reducing Costs and Increasing ProductivityDavid N. Ford; Thomas J. Housel; Johnathan C. Mun
2005-01-01Commodity Sourcing Strategies: Supply Management in ActionRene G. Rendon
2011-07-25Cost and Time Overruns for Major Defense Acquisition ProgramsJoachim Hofbauer; Gregory Sanders; Jesse Ellman; David Morrow; David Berteau; Guy Ben-Ari; Nicholas Lombardo
2011-08-03Investigating Advances in the Acquisition of Systems Based on Open Architecture and Open Source SoftwareWalt Scacchi; Thomas A. Alspaugh; Hazel Asuncion
2011-05-03Impact of U.S. Export Control and Technology Transfer Regime on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Project: A UK PerspectiveDavid Moore; Peter Ito; Stuart Young; Kevin Burgess; Peter Antill
2011-06-01Emerging Patterns in the Global Defense IndustryRaymond E. Franck; Ira Lewis; David Matthews; Bernard Udis
2011-05-01Impact of Continuous Competition on Operations and Support CostsJacques S. Gansler; William Lucyshyn; Christopher Vorhis
2011-04-18Identifying Procurement Fraud in Defense Agencies: An Analysis of the Government Purchase Card ProgramJuanita M. Rendon
2011-03-16Total Ownership Cost Tools and DisciplineMike Boudreau; Brad Naegle
2011-03-30Mark XIV Torpedo Case StudyDave F. Matthews
2011-04-15Assessment of Army Contracting Command Contract Management Processes (TACOM and RDECOM)Rene G. Rendon
2011-03-03Acquisition Management for Systems-of-Systems: Risk Dynamics and Exploratory Model ExperimentationDaniel De Laurentis; Muharrem Mane
2011-03-09A Model for Determining Optimal Governance Structure in DOD Acquisition Projects in a Performance-Based EnvironmentBerkowitz; Simpson; Kallam; Gundlach; Jones
2011-03-02An Evaluation of IDIQ Contracts for ServicesJacques S. Gansler; William Lucyshyn; Amelia Cotton Corl
2011-02-03Innovations in Defense Acquisition: Asymmetric Information, Mechanism Design and Prediction MarketsPeter Coughlan; William Gates; Jeremy Arkes
2004-12-01The New Joint Capabilities Integration Development System (JCIDS) and Its Potential Impacts upon Defense Program ManagersDavid F. Matthews
2010-12-09Demographics of the Contracting Workforce within the Army Contracting CommandDavid V. Lamm; Timothy Reed
2011-02-01Performance-Based Services AcquisitionJacques S. Gansler; William Lucyshyn; Christopher Vorhis
Collection's Items (Sorted by Submit Date in Descending order): 401 to 420 of 484