Do Employers Favor those with Military Experience in the U.S. Reserve Forces? Evidence from a Field Experiment

This study examines whether completed service in the military reserves results in a civilian labor market benefit. Reservists are not completely absent from the civilian labor market during their military service, possibly allowing them to receive the benefits associated with military experience without forgoing valuable civilian labor market experience. Using a resume study, the results suggest that completed service in the military reserves, relative to no military experience, increases the probability of receiving a request for an interview by 19%.     

Adaptive random search for continuous simulation optimization

We present, analyze, and compare three random search methods for solving stochastic optimization problems with uncountable feasible regions. Our adaptive search with resampling (ASR) approach is a framework for designing provably convergent algorithms that are adaptive and may consequently involve local search. The deterministic and stochastic shrinking ball (DSB and SSB) approaches are also convergent, but they are based on pure random search with the only difference being the estimator of the optimal solution [the DSB method was originally proposed and analyzed by Baumert and Smith]. The three methods use different techniques to reduce the effects of noise in the estimated objective function values. Our ASR method achieves this goal through resampling of already sampled points, whereas the DSB and SSB approaches address it by averaging observations in balls that shrink with time. We present conditions under which the three methods are convergent, both in probability and almost surely, and provide a limited computational study aimed at comparing the methods. Although further investigation is needed, our numerical results suggest that the ASR approach is promising, especially for difficult problems where the probability of identifying good solutions using pure random search is small. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2010     

自然冷却混凝土显微痕迹研究

模拟火灾情况,分别对不同受热温度、自然冷却条件下的混凝土样品进行扫描电子显微镜分析。发现自然冷却条件下,混凝土受热温度不同时,微观形貌成一定的变化规律。C-S-H凝胶结构和骨料与水泥浆体界面处都会随温度发生特征变化。根据这一变化规律可鉴定自然冷却条件下混凝土受热温度,有助于准确认定起火部位。     

钢筋混凝土构件中钢筋温度数值计算方法讨论

采用有限元法计算构件截面温度时认为构件材料全部是混凝土,忽略了占截面积比率很小的钢筋,然后以钢筋所在位置的混凝土温度代替为钢筋的温度。人们对这种算法存在的误差大小并不清楚。对400mm×400mm矩形截面钢筋混凝土柱在四面受火条件下的温度场进行了计算,对比了考虑截面上存在钢筋时构件的温度场与不考虑钢筋而认为材料全部是混凝土时构件的温度场。研究发现,当考虑截面上存在钢筋时所得钢筋温度与采用简化方法所得替代温度差别不大,对构件承载力影响很小,说明这种简化的温度场计算方法安全可靠。     

基于AT89C51和DS18B20温度的测量系统的实现

本系统为以AT89C51单片机作为主控芯片的温度测量系统,采用一线温度传感器DS18820实现温度的检测,结合128×64点阵式液晶显示模块OCM12864作为显示器,形象直观地显示测得的温度值。主要介绍了该系统的硬件结构和软件编程实现的方法,数字温度传感器DS18820的基本特性,阐述了DDRAM寻址与液晶点阵的对应关系及中文字符、中文菜单在液晶模块上的显示规则。     

静电信息探测技术研究现状及进展

利用静电起电及放电过程中产生的静电场和辐射场信息来进行探测是航空静电危害防护、目标探测与定位等领域的关键技术。综述利用静电信息进行探测的各种理论、技术及其应用等方面的研究现状,对研究中存在的问题进行了探讨。     

基于椭圆曲线群上的零知识证明

通过研究椭圆曲线群,给出基于其上的2个零知识证明方案,这2个方案均使得甲方向乙方宣称自己拥有某种信息,并通过互动证明使其确信具有该信息,但同时还未泄漏该信息。     

材料力学性能纳米压入测试仪器发展综述

综述了材料力学性能纳米压入测试仪器的发展现状。阐述了纳米压入测试技术的发展历程;从驱动、载荷测量和位移测量3方面对目前材料力学性能纳米压入测试仪器的基本结构进行了比较分析;介绍了材料力学性能纳米压入测试仪器集成技术,包括影响压入深度测量精度的集成技术、观测技术、大载荷模块和高温试验模块等;最后,对未来材料力学性能纳米压力测试仪器的发展趋势作了展望。     

一种面向目标的伪彩色图像融合算法

针对远距离红外与可见光融合图像中目标不突出的问题,提出了一种面向目标的伪彩色图像融合算法。基于目标特征将红外图像分割为目标区域和背景区域,以人类视觉的生物机理和感受野的数学模型为基础,利用差分高斯函数(Difference of Gaussians,DOG)模拟视觉拮抗特性,对目标区域和背景区域用改进的感受野模型和不同的彩色映射规则进行伪彩色图像融合。实验结果显示:该算法能够保留图像共有特征,突出独有特征,融合图像色彩自然、目标突出,具有良好的视觉效果。     

金属热防护系统瞬态热分析的并联一维模型

建立了可重复使用运载器金属热防护系统瞬态热分析的并联一维模型.根据热防护系统的结构特点划分了多条热流通路,将各热流通路离散化后给出了单条通路瞬态传热的隐式差分格式,采用热平衡法推导了串、并联两种类型公共节点的局部控制方程,并给出了传热问题中常见边界条件的统一表达式,最终形成了总体控制方程.通过数值计算获得了热防护系统瞬态温度场.计算结果表明:采用并联一维模型可以更真实、更准确地反映热防护系统的传热过程,对于热防护系统结构优化设计有较高的参考价值.