Counterinsurgency American style: Considering David Petraeus and twenty-first century irregular war

This article examines the complex legacy of David Petraeus who was a key figure in the emergence of the US military shift towards counterinsurgency doctrine in the years after 2006. Although Petraeus has been perceived by critics as a publicity seeker, he can be credited with laying the foundations for a more serious commitment to COIN involving in particular in integrating conventional and Special Forces in arenas like village stability operations. The article looks a Petraeus's role in both Iraq and Afghanistan: it concludes that, in the case of Afghanistan, it is too early to assess whether counterinsurgency has had a decisive impact of the outcome of the war against the Taliban.     

卫星导航系统的体系安全性分析方法

为了应对卫星导航系统内部复杂关系等体系特征为其安全分析带来的挑战、全面识别和分析卫星导航系统面临的体系安全威胁、提高系统的安全性和服务能力,基于功能依赖网络分析理论提出了从体系角度研究卫星导航系统安全性的建模方法,重点对导航系统内组件系统之间交互关系导致的危险传播、任意失效组合进行了后果分析和原因调查。仿真结果表明该方法能清晰地描述危险传播和失效组合的过程以及进行正逆向的推理分析,也证明了该方法在卫星导航系统安全分析问题上的潜力和适用性。     

一种基于极坐标模型的多AUV协同导航与定位算法

为了解决多个自主式水下无人航行器(AUV)在作曲线轨迹的航行时常规协同导航算法精度较低的难题,提出了一种基于极坐标的多AUV协同导航与定位算法.首先,将本算法的模型、可观测性与常规的直角坐标系算法进行了分析与对比.接着,进行了基于实航数据的数值仿真.针对解决各种传感器受异常噪声干扰导致多AUV协同定位误差变大的问题,本...     

Effects of lethality in naval combat models

In the context of both discrete time salvo models and continuous time Lanchester models we examine the effect on naval combat of lethality: that is, the relative balance between the offensive and defensive attributes of the units involved. We define three distinct levels of lethality and describe the distinguishing features of combat for each level. We discuss the implications of these characteristics for naval decision‐makers; in particular, we show that the usefulness of the intuitive concept “more is better” varies greatly depending on the lethality level. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.     

A unified model incorporating yield,burn‐in,and reliability

The correlated improvement in yield and reliability has been observed in the case studies on integrated circuits and electronic assemblies. This paper presents a model that incorporates yield and reliability with the addition of a burn‐in step to explain their correlated improvement. The proposed model includes as special cases several yield and reliability models that have been previously published and thus provides a unifying framework. The model is used to derive a condition for which yield functions can be multiplied to obtain the overall yield. Yield and reliability are compared as a function of operation time, and an analytical condition for burn‐in to be effective is also obtained. Finally, Poisson and negative binomial defects models are further considered to investigate how reliability is based on yield. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.     

Dynamic inventory and pricing models for competing retailers

We address infinite‐horizon models for oligopolies with competing retailers under demand uncertainty. We characterize the equilibrium behavior which arises under simple wholesale pricing schemes. More specifically, we consider a periodic review, infinite‐horizon model for a two‐echelon system with a single supplier servicing a network of competing retailers. In every period, each retailer faces a random demand volume, the distribution of which depends on his own retail price as well as those charged by possibly all competing retailers. We also derive various comparative statics results regarding the impact several exogenous system parameters (e.g., cost or distributional parameters) have on the equilibrium decisions of the retailers as well as their expected profits. We show that certain monotonicity properties, engrained in folklore as well as in known inventory models for centralized systems, may break down in decentralized chains under retailer competition. Our results can be used to optimize the aggregate profits in the supply chain (i.e., those of the supplier and all retailers) by implementing a specific wholesale pricing scheme. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.     

基于进化搜索策略的并行子空间设计算法

并行子空间设计是一种有效的多学科设计优化算法,但其搜索策略存在两点不足:一是寻找全局最优解能力有限,二是计算复杂。为弥补上述不足,将遗传算法应用到CSD算法中,提出了一种基于进化搜索策略的CSD算法。介绍了该算法的设计流程,应用该算法对一测试问题进行了优化,取得了满意结果。     

一种新的高分辨率ADC有效位数测试方法

谱分析法和正弦拟合法是ADC动态特性测试的两种常用方法。但在测试信号源信噪比较低的情况下,两种方法的测试结果都存在较大的偏差。提出了一种新的ADC动态性能测试方法,该方法能较好消除信号源对测量结果的影响,使得在普通信号源下可以测试高分辨率的ADC。仿真分析证明了这一测试方法的正确性。最后给出了采用该方法对一ADC系统的实测结果。     

电磁发射超高速弹丸气动特性数值分析

采用数值计算方法研究了超高速弹丸的气动流场特性,重点分析了弹丸再入段的气动流场特性.利用风洞试验数据验证了S-A和k-ωSST湍流模型的预测精度,计算结果表明,在法向力预测上,两种湍流模型的预测精度较高,均在2％以内.在轴向力预测上,S-A湍流模型的预测精度较高,误差约为4.6％.当弹丸以大攻角再入时,弹丸横流效应较为...     

防空反导网络化作战发展研究

网络中心战是信息时代重要的作战形式,可将战场信息优势转化为决策优势,是信息技术在军事领域应用的必然选择,网络中心战在防空反导领域的应用也称为防空反导网络化作战.主要跟踪研究了国内外网络中心战的最新进展和发展趋势,分析了网络化作战的特点和关键技术,针对我国防空反导武器系统的现状,提出了防空反导网络化作战的发展建议.