January 2020
Author Biographies
Dr. Gregory A. Davis has conducted research at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) since 2006, on as broad a range of topics as he can find. Before joining IDA, he was an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the former Office of the Secretary of Defense (ProgramAnalysis &Evaluation)—nowOffice of the Secretary ofDefense (Director, Cost Assessment andProgram Evaluation). Most of his recent work has focused on major defense acquisition programs that have experienced cost growth. Except for GPS-OCX, all of them had complicated definitions of a unit. Dr. Davis holds an AB in Physics from Keynon College and an MA and PhD in Physics from the University of Rochester. (E-mail address: gdavis@ida.org)
Dr. DavidM. Tate joined the research staff of IDA’s Cost Analysis and Research Division in 2000. Prior to that, he was a Senior Operations ResearchAnalyst (Telecom) atDecision-ScienceApplications and an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Tate holds twoBAs inPhilosophy and Mathematical Sciences from the Johns Hopkins University. He also holds an MS and PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University. (E-mail address: dtate@ida.org)
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Defense ARJ, January 2020, Vol. 27No. 1 : 28-59
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