South Africa's arsenal of terrorism legislation

After only ten years in existence, the African Union (AU) has already made its mark on the landscape of peace and security in Africa. This paper seeks to explore the relationship between the AU's leading collaborative interstate security policy, the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), and sustainable peace in the Horn of Africa. It examines four countries – Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Kenya – and how engaging with the APSA through early warning systems can contribute to developing the elements necessary for sustainable peace, namely regional stability, conflict management, and good governance.     

基于时滞分割法的具有leakage项时滞的离散型神经网络状态估计

摘要：研究一类具有leakage时滞的离散型神经网络的状态估计问题．通过构造新的Lyapunov泛函得到保证估计误差全局渐近稳定的充分条件,并通过求解一个线性矩阵不等式（LMI）得到状态估计器的增益矩阵．采用一种新的时滞分割方法将变时滞区间分割为多个子区间,使该结果在获得更小的保守性同时也降低了计算的复杂度．     

Tailored to the Times: The Story of Casimir Zeglen’s Silk Bullet-Proof Vest

Abstract

The invention of silk bullet-proof fabric, a response to growing violence and anarchy, and intended to protect politicians and public figures, as well as police officers and soldiers, is discussed in the wider context of the world’s political situation at the turn of the 19th century. The complex question of the ownership of this innovation is addressed and the reasons for its commercial failure are discussed. The ballistic properties of silk bullet-proof fabric are evaluated and the impact of this invention on the future development of soft armours is considered.     

Countering the effects of IED systems in Afghanistan: an integral approach

The current approach to countering the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan has met with limited success. The relative lack of success may be in part because the current approach is not holistic and discounts the social systems that foster the IEDs. Insurgents are using IEDs as a tool to further their strategic aims, but the coalition and to a lesser extent the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) are attacking the IEDs as if they are an end in and of themselves. Combining network disruption with information change maximizes the opportunities for mitigating the IED threat. More specifically, to mitigate the IED threat requires disrupting the social and economic systems associated with IEDs, and at the same time providing alternative economic opportunities and improving rule of law and governance at the local level. In other words, counter-IED (C-IED) must be Counter-Insurgency (COIN) centric to be successful. This paper reviews the current state of C-IED efforts, identifies five main problems with the current approach, and suggests changes to reduce or mitigate the IED threat in Afghanistan.     

结合实时数据产品与北斗短报文的厘米级海洋精密相对定位

针对远海精密定位的广泛需求和传统精密定位服务费用昂贵的问题,提出利用北斗短报文设备传输导航观测数据,结合实时服务数据产品,以实现海洋的低成本厘米级精密相对定位。为了克服短报文传输频率低的缺点,采用融合空间相对定位和精密单点定位两种技术来加密分钟间隔以外的坐标,避免了传统时间基线法加密坐标存在的误差累积现象。分别基于静态和动态海洋观测数据进行仿真实验,结果表明,新方法无论在水平方向还是垂直方向上,都可以实现厘米级定位,且对时间间隔不敏感。     

节点实时性能自适应的集群资源分配算法

由于配置和所运行作业的不同,集群各节点的实时性能差异较大。为提高集群性能,提出节点实时性能自适应的集群资源分配算法 (node real-time performance adaptive cluster resource scheduling algorithm,NPARSA)。节点实时性能用其配置(CPU核数及速度、内存容量、磁盘容量)和实时状态参数(CPU、内存和磁盘的剩余数量及磁盘读写速度)表示。NPARSA根据作业类型自主选择节点性能评价指标的权值,实现节点实时性能对于作业类型的自适应。实时性能最优的节点分配给作业。虚拟机实验和物理集群实验表明,与Spark默认资源分配算法、没有考虑作业类型与节点匹配的算法、使用作业和节点匹配差异程度作为资源分配依据的算法相比,NPARSA能更有效地缩短作业执行时间、提高集群性能。     

目标毁伤效果评估技术研究进展

目标毁伤效果评估作为目标保障的一项重要内容,对精确打击作战情报保障起到了核心作用,是现代精确打击体系的一个重要环节和关键步骤。文章从评估方法、评估模型和评估系统三个方面入手,梳理了国内外目标毁伤效果评估技术的最新研究进展,并对目前各类评估方法、模型及系统的优缺点分别进行了评述。最后,指出了该领域今后的研究方向。     

海军装备体系技术构成探析

在剖析海军装备体系与体系技术概念的基础上,分析了海军装备体系技术的特点与作用,提出了海军装备体系技术的基本构成,为海军装备体系技术的应用研究提供理论指导。     

加强海军航空军械器材信息化建设的对策研究

面对现代空战时域、空域广阔,发生时机不确定性强,航空军械装备战损消耗大的局面,为达到海军航空军械器材保障"快速反应"和"精确保障"目的,必须进一步加强海军航空军械器材信息化建设的研究。首先从总体上规划了海军航空军械器材信息管理系统功能;然后研究了信息化管理的主要技术;最后,提出推行海军航空军械器材"全资可视化"管理,为海军航空军械器材信息化保障提供了一种建设思路和技术指导。     

软计算在污水处理过程控制中的应用

阐明了软计算技术在污水处理过程中应用的必要性、可行性及对行业所带来的社会效益和理论意义,着重分析了其在污水处理过程中的应用情况,简要探讨了软计算技术今后应深入研究的问题和方向,指出将软计算算法和智能控制策略结合起来有利于提高模型预测精度,提高过程控制系统动态响应能力。