The following tale is a fictional account of representative events. Any resemblance to actual events, persons or organizations is completely unintended. Technical details presented in the storyline are available academically and publicly. No government or proprietary information is disclosed. Lieutenant commander Luke Maxwell Ryan, USN, Retired was in a jolly …

I can remember the many long nights and early mornings that I spent tirelessly working through electrical hardware design, software development, and algorithm/controls development in my first job. I did not mind that the days disappeared or that I was taking my work home or even coming in on weekends. …

The Full Analytical Criteria Method (FACM) is derived from the work of Dr. Thomas Saaty and others on the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). AHP uses a 9-point scale to evaluate a large number of alternative solutions against each other with respect to a single criterion at a time. It accommodates …

I’ve been building CORE and GENESYS models for quite a while now, and I’ve noticed a few common mistakes engineers new to modeling make, especially when it comes to the lack of using Exit Conditions and Exits. I’ve detected a reluctance in those new to modeling to use the exit …