NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL

MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA

THESIS
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4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 6. AUTHOR(S) 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93943-5000 9. SPONSORING /MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) N/A

2. REPORT DATE Grad Date Month Yr Upper and Lower Case

3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED Masters Thesis 5. FUNDING NUMBERS 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER 10. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY REPORT NUMBER

11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES The views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government. IRB Protocol number ________________. 12a. DISTRIBUTION / AVAILABILITY STATEMENT 12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE Distribution Statement 13. ABSTRACT (maximum 200 words)

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Distribution Statement THESIS TITLE Authors First Name MI. Last Name Rank, Branch of Service B.A., or B.S., Name of University, Year Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS OR SCIENCE IN from the NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Month Year

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ABSTRACT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LIST OF FIGURES
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LIST OF TABLES
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LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Required if your thesis contains six or more.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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DOING YOUR THESIS WITH MICROSOFT WORD

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bold and centered. A. STARTING UP The style used for the 2nd level heading is Heading 2 and the style used for text under Heading 2 is 2nd Order Para. Second order titles are automatically capitalized and bold. 1. This Is a Third Order Heading

The style used for the 3rd heading is Heading 3, and the style used for text under Heading 3 is 3rd Order Para. Third-order headings are to be upper-lower case and bold. a. Really Long Fourth Order Heading, Showing That Word Handles the Second Line Correctly (indented 1.5) style used for the 4th level heading is

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Heading 4 and the style used for text under Heading 4 is 4th Order Para. Fourth-order headings are to be upperlower case, italics and bold. (1) Paragraph. Fifth Order Heading and Fifth Order The

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TABLE OF CONTENTS To populate your thesis into the Table of Contents,

put your cursor in the sample text of the Table of Contents and right click. Select Update Field and then Update Entire Table. Your thesis headings, down to the 4th Order

Level, will form a new Table of Contents automatically. The Table of Contents should always be updated before you submit your file for thesis review. Check for chapters on even pages and missed letters or numbers. C. FIGURES/TABLES Use any figure/table format you like and be

consistent. To format the captions, use the style names: FIGURE CAPTION and Table Caption. number captions for you. To The styles automatically update the Lists of

Figures/Tables, right click in the gray text field, select Update Field and then Update Entire Table. Table 1. Figure 1. Caption typed here Caption typed here

If your figure or table is copied from a reference, you will need to note the source with a reference citation in the caption. been made, you (From [x]) or From (Smith). will need to note (After [x]) If your or After figure or table was taken from a reference and changes have (Smith).

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FONTS This document and these styles are set to use Arial

font. There are templates available in Courier and Times New Roman also. E. FOOTNOTES All document. footnotes must be sequential throughout the

In the footnote, it is not necessary to tab the The text should wrap to the

second line of the footnote.

margin when the style Footnote Text is applied. F. COVER PAGE, REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE, ETC. These pages are located in the front portion of this document. The heading style used is Cover Page Heading. This style is formatted the same as other headings but does not display in the Table of Contents. G. LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS Required when six (6) or more acronyms are defined and used in a thesis. List in two columns, alphabetically, with acronym first. This list appears after the List of Tables. H. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is in addition to the abstract and requires much more detail. AND COMPUTER Mandatory for OPERATIONS RESEARCH, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING and SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (DL).

Optional for the other curricula. I. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Not required but generally included.

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INITIAL DISTRIBUTION LIST

1. The numbered first line uses List Number Dist List, and the lines following are styled List Number 2-Dist List. 2. Every thesis, regardless of selected Distribution Statement, is distributed to DTIC and the Dudley Knox Library.

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LIST OF REFERENCES
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1. 2. Defense Technical Information Center Ft. Belvoir, Virginia Dudley Knox Library Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California Name of Addressee Organization of Addressee City, State Name of Addressee Organization of Addressee City, State Name of Addressee Organization of Addressee City, State Name of Addressee Organization of Addressee City, State Name of Addressee Organization of Addressee City, State Name of Addressee Organization of Addressee City, State Name of Addressee Organization of Addressee City, State Distribution List can be found on our

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