When the Going Gets Tough… Monitoring Missions and a Changing Conflict Environment in Sri Lanka, 2002–2008

This article analyzes how the conflict environment in which a civilian monitoring mission is deployed influences the monitors' assessment of the operation. It draws on unique empirical material from the experience of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM), deployed to oversee a ceasefire agreement in Sri Lanka 2002–2008. With material from a survey and in-depth interviews, experiences of the monitors are analyzed and changes over time are traced in relation to the monitors' assessment of the mandate and organizational set-up of the mission. The study points to the difficulty of monitoring missions to address escalation during an ongoing peace process. Its function is dependent on the goodwill of the parties. In essence, monitoring missions have the potential to strengthen peace when there is momentum in favor of progress, but when relations between the parties turn sour and the conflict escalates a civilian monitoring mission basically loses its potential. During the final stages of the war, which saw a very large number of civilian casualties, the war-torn areas were closed to international observers. Moreover, international pressure for a short-term ceasefire to alleviate the humanitarian situation was dismissed by the Sri Lankan government, which also saw the backing of several important actors, not the least China.     

Bicriteria multiresource generalized assignment problem

In this study, we consider a bicriteria multiresource generalized assignment problem. Our criteria are the total assignment load and maximum assignment load over all agents. We aim to generate all nondominated objective vectors and the corresponding efficient solutions. We propose several lower and upper bounds and use them in our optimization and heuristic algorithms. The computational results have shown the satisfactory behaviors of our approaches. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 61: 621–636, 2014     

Comparable deterrence – target,criteria and purpose

The last decade has seen several advances in the study of deterrence. These advances have sparked some strong disagreements regarding interpretation of the models and what their contributions signify. This paper appraises the discussions from a model theoretic perspective. It is argued that when comparing rivalling models three aspects; (i) target, (ii) criteria and (iii) type of purpose should be taken into account in order to make a proper appraisal. Informed by these aspects it is evident that the three deterrence models analysed address different aspects, in different ways and to different ends. From this perspective, the so-called Perfect Deterrence model must be recognised as a clear advancement in the research field. Model comparison will always be context relative and a plurality of models should be viewed favourably.     

毛泽东反腐倡廉思想的时代价值

毛泽东反腐倡廉思想是马克思主义基本原理与中国具体实际相结合的产物,它是对马克思主义的创造性发展。学习和研究毛泽东反腐倡廉思想,对于深入开展反腐败斗争和廉政建设,全面建设小康社会不仅具有深远的历史意义,而且具有重大的现实指导意义。     

一种多约束条件下的分布式多传感器协同规划算法

在编队作战中,如何对分布在不同作战平台、拥有众多约束条件的传感器进行协同规划,具有重要的研究意义。基于协方差控制的基本思想,运用分布式多传感器航迹融合算法计算协方差矩阵,分析可能存在的多种作战约束条件,提出一种多传感器多目标分配步骤和方法。算法可针对动态变化的目标期望协方差和约束条件,及时地调整分配策略,在保证协方差控制作用的同时,着眼于提高分配结果的稳定性,并对此进行仿真。仿真结果证明了算法的合理性和有效性。     

用于高炮防空指挥系统的分布式交互仿真

简要介绍了高炮防空指挥系统分布交互仿真系统的组成 ,各模块的功能、特点。重点介绍了指挥系统中的人 -机接口 ,对与指挥系统设计有关的仿真结果进行了分析     

铜片腐蚀试验结果评价的数字图像处理方法

传统铜片腐蚀结果评定方法存在着一定的局限性与不足,基于数字图像处理的HIS彩色模型,开发了铜片腐蚀试验结果评价软件。评价结果表明,两种试验结果评价方法有很好的一致性,该方法解决了传统试验结果评价中存在的一些问题。     

柱锥级联型爆磁压缩发生器的实验研究

研究了柱锥级联型爆磁压缩发生器。给出了主要实验结果。发生器的负载是3.5μH,最大电流是55.8KA,上升前沿是14.3μs,电压为30.5KV。平均电流放大倍数是6.4。     

红外脉冲强光辐射产生技术研究

定向红外脉冲强光辐射技术是定向红外对抗中的关键技术,主要用来破坏敌方精确制导武器或C4I系统的红外传感器。本文进行了三种产生技术的研究,即爆炸激励惰性气体,多丝电爆激励惰性气体和多点同步爆燃药物。在同步爆燃产生技术的研究中,当有效载荷弹药为0.2kg时,在距离源50m处得到三个波段(1～3、3～5、8～12μm)的辐射强度为(2.00～3.55)×l05W／Sr,脉冲半高宽为约20ms的强红外辐射脉冲。