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Gregory K. Mislick is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), where he has taught since 2000. His expertise includes life cycle cost estimation, regression analysis, learning curves, data analysis, and optimization. He has advised numerous cost and aviation theses, was an Associate Dean at NPS and is the Program Manager of the Master's degree in Cost Estimating and Analysis curriculum.

Daniel A. Nussbaum is a Professor in the Department of Operations Research at NPS and Chair of the Energy Academic Group. With four decades of experience in financial estimating and analysis for the U.S. Federal government, his research spans cost/benefit analysis, life cycle cost modeling, and financial modeling for strategic decision making.

Karen R. Mislick is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Operations Research at NPS where she teaches cost estimating, scheduling, earned value management, Agile development, and data visualization and storytelling. She previously spent two decades at the Government Accountability Office, leading cost, schedule, and earned value analyses and over 250 audits across major federal programs. She is Level III certified in both cost estimating and financial management.