Killing with Culture: Anthropology’s Ethical Dilemma with War

ABSTRACT

This article highlights the difficulty of creating a code of ethics in anthropology, particularly one that appropriately addresses the nuanced nature of the military and the anthropologists who conduct research and disseminate information in the context of war. The article consults one of the most important books on this topic, George R. Lucas' Anthropologists in Arms (2009), along with several other relevant texts, and examines the ethical complexities and dilemmas American and European anthropologists faced during their involvement in both World Wars, as well as those faced during Vietnam and the more recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The article also examines the military's recruitment of cultural experts, the methods used to culturally engage combatants, and the criticisms against social scientists who choose to work as so-called military anthropologists. The anthropologists in this article risked academic exile conducting what some consider an adulteration of academic principles. The article contributes to the discourse regarding unconventional warfare and the methods used by the armed forces to better understand the cultural nuances of people, and to highlight the need for the development of a better anthropological code of ethics that accounts for the challenges of war.     

基于χ~2检验的惯性/卫星紧耦合系统故障检测与隔离方法

研究了一种基于χ~2检验的惯性/卫星紧耦合系统故障检测与隔离方法,该方法可利用故障检测函数自动识别单个卫导故障,并实时剔除故障星重构观测信息序列,从而避免了对紧耦合系统的影响。构建数字化仿真环境对所研究的故障检测与隔离方法进行了仿真,仿真结果表明,该方法可在卫星发生故障时及时检测并隔离故障星,并自动实现观测信息重构,保证了紧耦合系统的精度和完好性。     

基于RCS序列的助推段弹道导弹识别

在弹道导弹的助推段,通过低分辨率雷达得到RCS序列作为识别的重要信息。由于运动特性和电磁散射特性的差异,弹道导弹在助推段的RCS序列与其他目标相比具有可识别性,但需要对其RCS序列进行处理。基于目标识别技术,详细阐述能从RCS序列中提取出的特征参数,并通过直方图、N点截图等方法给出了直观的反映。最后,将弹道导弹助推段特征与飞机、燃料舱等典型目标进行对比,得到可以作为识别参量的特征参数,并通过类内类间距离验证了有效性。     

智能搜救机器人在障碍地形的自主构型规划

为了解决带有辅助摆臂的智能搜救机器人自动规划构型以实现自主越障的难题,提出一种能够适应复杂地面形状的搜救机器人越障构型规划新方法,其核心是一种高适应性、高效率的机器人姿态预测算法。通过将地形表示为离散的点集,建立了搜救机器人的单侧姿态预测数学模型;进一步提出了快速求解该问题的算法,每秒可预测1 000～1 500个姿态。基于此,设计了机器人越障过程中状态、动作的评价指标,运用动态规划算法与滚动优化思想构建了具有优化能力的、能够实时运行的构型规划器。仿真与实物实验的结果表明,该方法能够使机器人自主调整构型穿越复杂地形,且相较强化学习算法和人工操作具有更平稳的越障效果。     

Callable products for an implicit time model with dependent demands

Capacity providers such as airlines and hotels have traditionally increased revenues by practicing market segmentation and revenue management, enabling them to sell the same capacity pool to different consumers at different prices. Callable products can enhance profits and improve consumers' welfare by allowing the firm to broker capacity between consumers with different willingness to pay. A consumer who buys a callable product gives the capacity provider the right to recall capacity at a prespecified recall price. This article studies callable products in the context of the model most commonly used in industry, which handles time implicitly imposing fewer restrictions on the nature of randomness compared to the Poisson arrival process favored in academia. In the implicit time model, capacity providers set booking limits to protect capacity for future high-fare demand. Our numerical study identifies conditions where callable products result in significant gains in profits.     

智能反射面辅助的无线网络加权和速率优化设计

针对智能反射面(intelligent reflecting surface, IRS)辅助的无线网络传输设计的目标是通过联合设计基站处的发送波束形成向量和IRS的反射系数,在满足基站发射功率和IRS单位模约束的条件下,使多个地面用户的加权和速率最大化。为了求解非凸的目标函数,提出一种交替优化方法,其中采用黎曼流形梯度(Riemannian manifold gradient, RMG)方法来优化反射系数,使用二分搜索法优化发送波束形成向量。此外,为了降低RMG方法的复杂度,设计了一种智能元素块坐标下降方法。仿真结果验证了所提算法的有效性,并且表明通过优化设计反射系数,IRS可显著提高无线网络的频谱效率。     

旋成体射弹倾斜入水运动仿真

为了研究运动参数和弹头外形对弹体斜入水过程的影响规律,采用气液两相流体积分数和水汽空化模型,通过嵌套网格实现刚体三自由度运动学和动力学耦合,模拟了弹体以80～100 m/s速度倾斜入水开空泡阶段的运动过程。经文献实验验证,入水弹体速度与位移的误差为0～6%和-8%～0,转动角度误差为-6%～0。通过对入水速度和入水角度的多工况模拟研究,发现入水速度增大,弹体轴向冲击载荷增大,最大载荷与速度的平方呈线性关系,弹体速度非线性衰减率大;入水角增大,弹体转动角速率减小,运动稳定性强,速度衰减率不受入水角影响。与圆锥头部弹体相比,采用头部阶梯状修型后的弹体的平均速度衰减率、转动角速率和最大轴向冲击载荷分别降低到66.7%、40%和77.2%,显著提高了运动稳定性。     

顾及噪声影响的GNSS高程序列预测Prophet方法

全球导航卫星系统(global navigation satellite system, GNSS)高程时间序列具有非平稳、非线性、含噪声等特点,在深入研究Prophet预测模型的基础上,针对Prophet预测模型对于趋势信号和周期信号有良好预测效果这一特性,提出一种引入经验模态分解(empirical mode decomposition, EMD)的“降噪—分解—预测”组合GNSS高程时间序列预测方法。该方法先将原始时间序列进行EMD降噪,再对降噪后的序列进行分解预测,最后重构各分量预测信号为最终预测序列。通过对实测高程数据进行研究,实验结果表明：降噪后信号的平均信噪比为10.30dB,能量百分比平均为88.75%;利用所构建的短期预测方法,GNSS高程时间序列预测结果的均方根误差分别平均提升26.41%和14.88%;平均百分比误差分别平均提升18.92%和7.91%,验证了组合预测方法的有效性及实用性。     

A dual criteria sequencing problem with earliness and tardiness penalties

We consider the problem of sequencing n jobs on a single machine, with each job having a processing time and a common due date. The common due date is assumed to be so large that all jobs can complete by the due date. It is known that there is an O(n log n)‐time algorithm for finding a schedule with minimum total earliness and tardiness. In this article, we consider finding a schedule with dual criteria. The primary goal is to minimize the total earliness and tardiness. The secondary goals are to minimize: (1) the maximum earliness and tardiness; (2) the sum of the maximum of the squares of earliness and tardiness; (3) the sum of the squares of earliness and tardiness. For the first two criteria, we show that the problems are NP‐hard and we give a fully polynomial time approximation scheme for both of them. For the last two criteria, we show that the ratio of the worst schedule versus the best schedule is no more than . © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 49: 422–431, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/nav.10020     

变速传动轴承传动原理分析与研究

变速传动轴承是一种既具有支承功能又具有变速功能的新型特种轴承 ,其机构设计新颖紧凑 ,效率高 ,承载能力强。通过研究变速传动轴承的内部机构和传动原理 ,对其传动比做了深入系统的分析 ,得出了内齿圈齿数、活齿数与传动比之间的理论关系 ,并从理论上提出了高效率、低磨损的传动比优选方案 ,认为在推杆活齿传动机构设计时 ,应该使活齿数大于内齿圈齿数 ,即Z2 >Z1。包括变速传动轴承在内 ,对于采用了推杆活齿机构的各种活齿传动形式的结构设计 ,这个结论都具有重要的指导意义。