Defense Acquisition Research Journal Issue 95

Use of Factors in Development Estimates: Improving the Cost Analyst Toolkit

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Author Biographies

Capt Matthew R. Markman, USAF is a cost analyst at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Capt Markman graduated with a BS in Business Management from the Air Force Academy, and an MS in Cost Analysis from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). (E-mail address: Matthew.Markman.1@us.af.mil)

Dr. Jonathan D. Ritschel is an assistant professor of Cost Analysis in the AFIT Department of Systems Engineering and Management. He received a BBA in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame, an MS in Cost Analysis from AFIT, and a PhD in Economics from George Mason University. Dr. Ritschel’s research interests include public choice, the effects of acquisition reforms on cost growth in DoD weapon systems, and economic institutional analysis. (E-mail address: Jonathan.Ritschel@afit.edu)

Dr. Edward D. White is a professor of Statistics in the AFIT Department of Mathematics and Statistics. He received a BS in Mathematics from the University of Tampa, an MAS from The Ohio State University, and a PhD in Statistics from Texas A&M University. Dr. White’s primary research interests include statistical modeling, simulation, and data analytics. (E-mail address: Edward.White@afit.edu)

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