Darryl Ahner

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Title
Dean
Department
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Institution
Wright State University

Education

  • PhD Engineering

Research Interests

Autonomy   Operational Research, Operations Research   Stochastic Environment  

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Biography

Dr Darryl Ahner is Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Wright State University. He oversees all academic, programmatic, managerial, research and fiscal activities for the college. Dr Ahner is nationally recognized in academia, government and industry for his innovations in digital, test and operations engineering and is highly regarded for his achievements as an instructor, mentor and administrator. Prior to joining Wright State, he served as dean for research at the Air Force Institute of Technology where he led the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and managed a $36 million research program. He also served as the director of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques in the Test and Evaluation Center of Excellence, director of the Center for Operational Analysis and professor in the Department of Operational Sciences. In 2021, he received the Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service — the secretary of defense’s highest civilian award — for workforce development and consulting activities and also received the Air Force Award for Meritorious Civilian Service during his time at AFIT. As a first-generation college student and while serving 22 years in the United States Army, Dr Ahner earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering (Aerospace) from the United States Military Academy at West Point, master’s degrees in applied mathematics and operations research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a doctorate in systems engineering from Boston University while a Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Fellow. During his Army career, he taught for five years at the United States Military Academy at West Point and served for three years as the research director for the Army Analysis Center at the Naval Postgraduate School.

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List of Publications (91)
In 2023
91

30 proceedings 1) *Leiby, Benjamin D., and Darryl K. Ahner. "Multicollinearity applied stepwise stochastic imputation: a large dataset imputation through correlation-based regression." Journal of Big Data 10.1 (2023): 1-20.

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*Leiby, Benjamin, and Darryl Ahner. "A hierarchical cluster approach toward understanding the regional variable in country conflict modeling." Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics (2023).

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89

PROCEEDINGS 1) Choo, Nathaniel, and Darryl Ahner. "Satellite Orbit Selection for Regional Coverage Using a Response Surface Methodology." AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum. 2023.

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88

Ahner, Darryl, and Benjamin Leiby. "MASS-impute: Multiple Imputation of Large Datasets." IISE Annual Conference and Expo. IISE, 2023.

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In 2022
87

*Leiby, Benjamin D., and Darryl K. Ahner. "A Large Dataset Imputation Approach Applied to Country Conflict Prediction Data." International Journal of Mathematical and Computational Sciences 16, no. 3 (2022): 11-17.

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86

*Neumann, Sarah, Darryl Ahner, and Raymond R. Hill. "Forecasting country conflict using statistical learning methods." The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation Vol. 6, no. 1 (2022): 59-72.

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85

Mathematics in Cyber Research. Goethals, Paul L., Natalie M. Scala, and Daniel T. Bennett, eds. Mathematics in Cyber Research. CRC Press, 2022.

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In 2021
84

*Keith, Andrew, and Darryl Ahner. "Counterfactual regret minimization for integrated cyber and air defense resource allocation." European Journal of Operational Research 292.1 (2021): 95-107.

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83

* Keith, Andrew J., and Darryl K. Ahner. "A survey of decision making and optimization under uncertainty." Annals of Operations Research 300.2 (2021): 319- 353.

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82

"Optimizing update scheduling parameters for distributed virtual environments supporting operational test." Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience 33, no. 8 (2021): e4156.

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81

Leiby, B. and Ahner, D., "Datasets and Models for Predicting Global Conflict, A Survey," Security Dialogue (submitted July 2021)

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80

Huffman, B. and Ahner, D. "A Simulation Modeling the Effects of Maintenance Personnel on Aircraft Sortie Generation," Journal of Defense Analysis and Logistics, submitted March 2021

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In 2020
79

*Kline, Alexander G., Darryl K. Ahner, and Brian J. Lunday. "A heuristic and metaheuristic approach to the static weapon target assignment problem." Journal of Global Optimization 78.4 (2020): 791-812.

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*Caballero, William N., Brian J. Lunday, and Darryl K. Ahner. "Incentive compatible cost sharing of a coalition initiative with probabilistic inspection and penalties for misrepresentation." Group Decision and Negotiation 29.6 (2020): 1021-1055.

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77

*Shallcross, Nicholas J., and Darryl K. Ahner. "Predictive models of world conflict: accounting for regional and conflict-state differences." The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation 17.3 (2020): 243-267.

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76

*Gold, Sarah, Edward White, William Roeder, Mike McAleenan, Christine Schubert Kabban, and Darryl Ahner. "Probabilistic Contingency Tables: An Improvement to Verify Probability Forecasts." Weather and Forecasting 2020 (2020).

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75

Rowell, W.,Guldin, S., Thorsen, S., Ahner, D.. Defense Acquisition. "Making the Most of Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques," International Test and Evaluation Association Journal, Volume 49, Number 1. January-February 2020

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74

Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research. 2020.

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73

Neumann, S. and Ahner D. "Forecasting Country Conflict using Statistical Learning Methods," Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, returned November 2020 awaiting revision 4) Larkin, M. and Ahner, D. "A Stochastic Game Theoretical Model for Cyber Security," Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, returned November 2020 awaiting revision 5) *Keith, A. and Ahner, D., "Robust Belief-reward Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes," Naval Research Logistics. (1st review since 6 Mar 2019), under review.

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In 2019
72

*Keith, Andrew, Darryl Ahner, and Raymond Hill. "An order-based method for robust queue inference with stochastic arrival and departure times." Computers & Industrial Engineering 128 (2019): 711-726.

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71

*Kline, Alexander G., Darryl K. Ahner, and Brian J. Lunday. "Real-time heuristic algorithms for the static weapon target assignment problem." Journal of Heuristics 25, no. 3 (2019): 377-397.

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70

* Kline, Alexander, Darryl Ahner, and Raymond Hill. "The weapon-target assignment problem." Computers & Operations Research 105 (2019): 226-236.

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69

Ahner, Darryl K., Jennifer L. Thompson, and Karleine M. Justice. "Development of composite indices and a regional assessment framework for analyzing nation-state health." The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation 16, no. 4 (2019): 277-284.

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* Keith, Andrew, Darryl Ahner, and Nicole Curtis. "Evaluation theory and its application to military assessments." The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation 16, no. 4 (2019): 305-322.

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In 2018
67

Ahner, Darryl, and *Luke Brantley. "Finding the fuel of the Arab Spring fire: a historical data analysis." Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics (2018).

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66

* Saie, Cade M., and Darryl K. Ahner. "Investigating the dynamics of nation-building through a system of differential equations." Journal of the Operational Research Society 69, no. 4 (2018): 619-629.

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65

"Examining potential reductions in wind tunnel testing requirements." Quality and Reliability Engineering International 34, no. 7 (2018): 1363-1373.

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64

Ahner, D., Parson, C., Thompson, J., and Rowell, W., "Overcoming the Challenges in Test and Evaluation of Autonomous Robotic Systems," International Test and Evaluation Association Journal, Vol. 39, No. 2, June 2018.

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63

Ahner D, Burke S, and Ramert A. A system and statistical engineering enabled approach for process innovation. Defense Innovation Handbook: Guidelines, Strategies, and Techniques. 2018.

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62

Alexander G. Kline, William N. Caballero, and Darryl K. Ahner, "False Optimality of Integer Programs with Exponential Decision Variables," Proceedings of the 2018 IISE Annual Conference, K. Barker, D. Berry, C. Rainwater, eds., 2018.

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61

Alexander G. Kline and Darryl K. Ahner, "Estimating Parameters of Partially Observable Queues," Proceedings of the 2018 IISE Annual Conference, K. Barker, D. Berry, C. Rainwater, eds., 2018.

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In 2017
60

Ahner, Darryl, James Wisnowski, and James R. Simpson. "Automated software testing in the DoD: current practices and opportunities for improvement." Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics (2017).

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59

"Consistency and fairness in real-time distributed virtual environments: Paradigms and relationships." Journal of Simulation 11, no. 3 (2017): 295-302.

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58

"Fragment capture simulation for MANPADS test arena optimization." Journal of Simulation 11, no. 2 (2017): 75-86.

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57

Hill, Raymond R., Darryl K. Ahner, Dana F. Morrill, Thomas P. Talafuse, and Jaime J. Bestard. "Applying statistical engineering to the development of a ballistic impact flash model." Quality Engineering 29, no. 2 (2017): 181-189.

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Rowell, W, and D Ahner, "Improving the T&E Workforce's Understanding of the New Approach to Developing Warfighting System Cyber Requirements," International Test and Evaluation Association Journal, Vol. 38, No. 3, September 2017.

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In 2016
55

"Data quality challenges in distributed live-virtual-constructive test environments." Journal of Data and Information Quality (JDIQ) 7, no. 1-2 (2016): 1-3.

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54

Ahner, D.K., "Better Buying Power, Developmental Testing, and Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques," International Test and Evaluation Association Journal, Vol. 37, No. 4, December 2016.

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53

Hoecherl, J. C., Robbins, M. and Ahner, D., "Approximate dynamic programming algorithms for United States Air Force officer sustainment," Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2016. IEEE, 2016.

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In 2015
52

"Capturing uncertainty in fatigue life data." International Journal of Reliability and Safety 9, no. 1 (2015): 1-20.

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51

*McGuire, Ryan M., Richard F. Deckro, and Darryl K. Ahner. "The weighted key player problem for social network analysis." Military Operations Research 20, no. 2 (2015): 35-53.

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Ahner, Darryl K., and Richard Spainhour. "Development of Analytical Models of Blue Force Interactions with Improvised Explosive Device Incidents." Military Operations Research 20, no. 2 (2015): 5-17.

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Ahner, Darryl K., and *Carl R. Parson. "Optimal multi-stage allocation of weapons to targets using adaptive dynamic programming." Optimization Letters 9, no. 8 (2015): 1689-1701.

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In 2014
48

Ahner, Darryl K., *David Smalenberger, "A Game-Theoretical Approach to Current Nuclear Proliferation Policies between the U.S. and the IRI," Journal of Game Theory, 3 no. 2 (2014):19-23.

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*Hackleman, Andrew S., Alan W. Johnson, and Darryl K. Ahner. "Nuclear enterprise performance measurement." The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation 11, no. 3 (2014): 245-264.

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Hill, R. R., D. Ahner and A. Gutman, "What Department of Defense Leaders Should Know about Statistical Rigor and Design of Experiments for Test and Evaluation," International Test and Evaluation Association Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3, 264-271, September 2014.

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Ahner, D., Kensler, J., and Goddard, D., "Air Force Enterprise Effort to Improve the Acquisition Workforce in Testing," International Test and Evaluation Association Journal, Volume 35 No. 2, June 2014.

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Ahner, D. and Brown, C.D., "Efforts to Establish More Rigor in Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E)," International Test and Evaluation Association Journal, March 2014

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Hill, R. R., Ahner, D., and Garee, M. J., "Using Simulation to Examine Live-Fire Test Configurations." Proceedings of the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference, ed. A. Tolk, S. T. Diallo, I. O. Ryzhoy, L. Yilmeaz, S. Buckley and J. Miller. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ.

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In 2013
42

Ahner, D., "Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT) in Test and Evaluation (T&E) Center of Excellence (COE): Designing and Implementing Statistical Rigor into Test and Evaluation for the Department of Defense," International Test and Evaluation Association Journal, 199-201, Volume 34 No. 2, June 2013

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Ahner, D.K., Parson, C.R. et. al., "Modeling, Simulation and Analysis of the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center", Center for Operational Analysis Report 01-2013. For the Commander, 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC).

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Darryl K. Ahner, Sharon Gibson, Carl Parson, and Jarrett Weiblen, "Deployment Impacts on U.S. Air Force Junior Officer Retention:What Really Matters?," Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute Conference, 2013

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Darryl K. Ahner, Brad Boehmke. Chad Wynkoop, and Mark Fryman, "The Effect of Using Semivariance for A Lead Time Demand Inventory Model," Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute Conference, 2013

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Darryl K. Ahner, Carl Parson, and Brent Russell, "Operational Simulation, Modeling, and Analysis of Mission Planning at the 618th Tanker Airlift," Proceedings of the 2013

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Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), A. Krishnamurthy and W.K.V. Chan, eds., 2013

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Darryl K. Ahner and Carl Parson, "Optimal Methods for Interceptor Allocation in a Weapon-Target Assignment Framework," Proceedings of the 2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), A. Krishnamurthy and W.K.V. Chan, eds., 2013

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Darryl K. Ahner, Sharon Gibson, Carl Parson, and Jarrett Weiblen*, 2013"Deployment Impacts on U.S. Air Force Junior Officer Retention:What Really Matters?," Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute Conference, 2013

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Darryl K. Ahner, Brad Boehmke. Chad Wynkoop, and Mark Fryman, 2013, "The Effect of Using Semivariance for A Lead Time Demand Inventory Model," Proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute Conference, 2013

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In 2012
33

Ahner, D.K., and Parson, C.R. "Individual Deployer Personnel Analysis". Center for Operational Analysis Report 01-2012. For the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.

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In 2011
32

Andrew Hackleman, Alan Johnson, and Darryl K. Ahner, "Nuclear Enterprise Performance Measurement", Proceedings of the IIE Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, NV, 22-24 May 2011. (Accepted on basis of peer review of full paper)

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In 2009
31

Darryl K. Ahner, "A Normalized Weighted Entropy Measure for Sensor Allocation Within Simulations," In Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference, eds.

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In 2008
30

Kramlich Ii, G. R., G. Kobylski, and Darryl Ahner. "Modelling truck camper production." International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 39, no. 4 (2008): 519-533.

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David Castanon, Darryl K. Ahner, "Team Task Allocation and Routing in Risky Environments Under Human Guidance," Proceedings of 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2008.

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Darryl K. Ahner, Jonathan Alt, "The Role of Exploratory Experimental Designs in Informing Requirements," Proceedings of Defense Analysis Symposium XIV, Seoul, ROK, 14-17 April 2008.

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Darryl K. Ahner, Eric Johnson, Arnold Buss, Kirk Stork, "Joint Dynamic Allocation of Fires and Sensors: Joint Starting Conditions Analysis," Scythe: Proceeding and Bulletin of the International Data Farming Community, Issue 4, Vol.1, April 2008.

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Darryl K. Ahner, John Jackson, Jonathan K. Alt, Francisco Baez, Susan M. Sanchez, Thorsten Seitz, 2008, "Incorporating Information Networks into Military Simulations," In Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, eds. S. J. Mason, R. R. Hill, L. Mo nch, O. Rose, T. Jefferson, J. W. Fowler, 133-144. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

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In 2007
25

Ahner, Darryl K. "Real-time planning and control of army uavs under uncertainty." Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication 4, no. 5 (2007): 798-815.

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Darryl K. Ahner, Arnold Buss, "Scheduling of Army UAVs Accounting for the Uncertainty of Attrition," Proceedings of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics INFOTECH @ Aerospace,2007.

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Darryl K. Ahner, Arnold Buss, John Ruck, "Using A Low-Resolution Entity Model for Shaping Initial Conditions for High-Resolution Combat Models," In Proceedings of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference, eds. S. J. Mason, R. R. Hill, L. Mo nch, O. Rose, T. Jefferson, J. W. Fowler, 1344-1352. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

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Donovan Phillips, Wei Kang, Darryl Ahner, Bart Mansager B., "A Dynamical System Model of Information Flow in the Battlespace," IEEE Proceedings on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 685-690. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc, 2007.

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Darryl K. Ahner, "Scheduling of Army UAVs Accounting for the Uncertainty of Attrition," Proceedings of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics INFOTECH @ Aerospace, 2007.

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Darryl K. Ahner, Arnold Buss, J. Freye, A. Peters, "Joint Dynamic Allocation of Fires and Sensors: Experimental Interface and Analysis," Scythe: Proceeding and Bulletin of the International Data Farming Community, Issue 1, Vol.1, 25-30 March 2007.

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In 2006
19

Darryl K. Ahner, Arnold Buss, John Ruck, "Assignment Scheduling Capability for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles," In Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference, eds. L. R. Perrone, F. P. Wieland, J. Liu, B. G. Lawson, D. M. Nicol, and R. M. Fujimoto, 1349-1356. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

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Darryl K. Ahner, Arnold Buss, "Dynamic Allocation of Fires and Sensors (DAFS): A Low Resolution Simulation for Rapid Modeling," , In Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference, eds. L. R. Perrone, F. P. Wieland, J. Liu, B. G. Lawson, D. M. Nicol, and R. M. Fujimoto, 1357-1364. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

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In 2005
17

Darryl K. Ahner, Leroy Jackson L., Donovan Phillips D., "DAFS: A Low Resolution Modeling Approach: Architecture and Implementation," Proceedings of the 10th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theory, Applications & Practice, 2005.

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Darryl K. Ahner, "Real-Time Planning and Control of Army UAVs under Uncertainty," Proceedings of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics INFOTECH @ Aerospace, 2005.

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Darryl K. Ahner, "Planning and Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in a Stochastic Environment," Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation, Boston University, 2005.

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In 2002
14

Darryl K. Ahner, "Use of a Nonlinear Programming Algorithm for Logistics Site Planning" in the Proceedings of the 9th Annual Army Research Laboratory / United States Military Academy Technical Symposium, November 2001. and Computational Logic" by McAloon and Tretkoff, "Integer Programming" by Wolsey and "Proof, Logic and Conjecture" by Wolf. (2000-2002)

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In 2001
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Darryl K. Ahner, Michael Corson, Joseph Myers, "Web-based Reinforcement of Precalculus Skills in a Calculus Course," Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, 2001.

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Co-organizer of History of Undergraduate Mathematics in America Conference, West Point, NY, June 21-23, 2001.

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*Choo, Nathaniel, Darryl Ahner, and Lance Champagne. "The effects of aircraft use and available repair spares on aircraft sortie generation: a long-duration logistical wargaming simulation tool." The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation 20.2

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*Millar, Jeremy Robert, Douglas Hodson, Gilbert Peterson, and Darryl Ahner.

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Ahner, D. and McCarthy, A. "Response surface modeling of precision-guided fragmentation munitions," The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation 17, no. 1

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Hill, Raymond R., Darryl K. Ahner, Douglas A. Dillard, and Douglas C. Montgomery.

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*Millar, Jeremy R., Douglas D. Hodson, Gilbert L. Peterson, and Darryl K. Ahner.

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*Garee, Michael J., Raymond R. Hill, Darryl K. Ahner, and Greg Czarnecki.

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*Millar, Jeremy R., Douglas D. Hodson, Gilbert L. Peterson, and Darryl K. Ahner.

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Penmetsa, Ravi C., Raymond R. Hill, Darryl K. Ahner, and Brent D. Russell.

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Ahner D., and Sigler, G. Analytical Test Planning for Defense Acquisitions.

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Hill, R., and Ahner, D. Modeling and Data Analytics for the Cyber Researcher.

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M. D. Rossetti, R. R. Hill, B. Johansson, A. Dunkin and R. G. Ingalls. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

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