MILITARY EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM SYSTEM GMM ESTIMATES

The effect of military expenditure on economic growth in developing countries has been investigated by many empirical literatures. However, there is little consensus of that effect and the diversity seems to come from the use of different models and different estimators. This article applies the Augmented Solow Growth Model to examine the influence of military expenditure on economic growth for 35 developing countries over the period of 1975–2009. By using the system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimators, empirical results indicate that defence has a negative and significant effect on economic growth in the sample countries.     

Strategic defense and attack for series and parallel reliability systems: reply 1 to comment 1

Kovenock and Roberson's [2011] comment provides initial work which has the potential, when suitably extended, to advance the research frontier. Kovenock and Roberson's paper consists of three sections. The first section is an interesting introduction. The second section, titled ‘Model and Main Result,’ provides no contribution beyond Hausken [2008a]. It consists of Equations (1)–(10) which are equivalent to equations developed by Hausken, and Equation (11) which is equivalent to the utility requirements u???0 and U???0 provided after Equation (17) in Hausken. The third section provides interesting ideas about mixed-strategy equilibria that can be extended in future research.     

内编队地球重力场测量性能数值分析

内编队系统通过实现内卫星纯引力轨道环境和内卫星精密定轨,完成高精度地球重力场测量,实现了不依赖于加速度计的重力卫星实施新途径。针对内编队重力场测量性能难以解析分析的情况,基于MATLAB并行程序设计进行了重力场测量数值模拟,获得了内编队重力场测量的有效阶数及其精度。在内编队轨道高度为300km、内卫星干扰力为1.0×10-10m/s2、外卫星定轨精度为3cm、内外卫星相对状态测量精度为1mm的条件下,计算得到内编队测量重力场的有效阶数为72,相应的大地水准面累积误差为44cm,重力异常累积误差为4.5mGal,由此可知内编队测量重力场的有效阶数主要分布在低阶部分。     

基于灰色AHP方法的综合航电系统效能

针对在对综合航电系统效能进行评估的过程中经常遇到多指标度量效能的情况,提出了一种将层次分析法和灰色系统理论相结合的效能评估方法,对航空电子系统中多指标度量效能进行评估.最后,通过实例计算表明使用这种方法获得的评估结果更加客观、科学,对综合航空电子系统效能的评估具有一定的参考价值.     

基于OLS算法的导弹气动系数模型优选

针对导弹控制系统中的气动力建模问题,将正交最小二乘法用于模型结构优选,并提出一种候选模型集预处理方法,用以剔除模型中的相关项在此基础上建立了导弹气动力模型优选方法。将其应用于一种导弹滚转力矩系数模型,进行了仿真计算,取得了与风洞试验数据一致的计算结果。结果显示该方法在导弹气动力建模中有效可行,为构建最优化的模型结构提供指导。     

基于排队论的地面防空系统服务概率研究

排队理论计算地面防空系统的服务(可射击)概率时,因计算模型的制约,可能使计算结果大于实际结果,影响防空兵指挥员指挥决策的准确性。对此,根据地面防空系统的主要特征,分析了引起计算误差的因素和误差的可能取值范围,克服了排队论模型的局限性,为计算结果的修正提供了依据。     

基于多Agent的网络防御建模与仿真

为了提高网络防御建模的有效性,本文提出了应用多Agent对网络防御进行建模的方法。并且分析了多Agent的建模仿真流程,通过多Agent建模仿真方法,建立了分布式拒绝服务攻击的防御模型。最后,用Netlogo软件进行了仿真实验,通过仿真结果验证了防御模型的有效性。     

弹道修正弹系统效能灵敏度分析

灵敏度分析是武器系统效能分析中的一项重要内容,针对正交试验的不足,在分析了弹道修正弹系统效能的影响因素的基础上,建立了基于均匀设计的弹道修正弹系统效能的回归模型。通过对模型求导得到了命中概率对各参数的灵敏度表达式,并进行优化分析,得到了系统效能参数的最优组合以及最优区间,研究结果可作为弹道修正弹参数优化设计的依据。     

基于GIS的层次分析法在后勤配置地域辅助决策中的应用

后勤配置地域选定合理与否,将直接影响后勤保障的质量,影响作战结局。本文根据后勤配置地域选定的原则,分析了后勤配置地域选定影响因素,结合地理信息系统（GIS）与层次分析法,对其中地理环境要素进行量化分析,构建指标体系和模型,对后勤配置地域选定进行综合评估,最后提出运用计算机进行辅助决策的方法和思路。论文中指标体系、模型和方法,经初步论证和实例检验是可行的,为相关项目的研发提供一定的理论依据。     

Information Is Not a Weapons System

ABSTRACT

While many militaries have tried to capitalize on the potential of information operations in internal war, few have succeeded. I argue that military information campaigns fall short of expectations for two reasons. First, the theory of influence militaries generally embrace – communications as a non-lethal weapons system – is largely invalid. While treating information as a weapons system makes it easier to integrate it into the existing military planning system, this overstates the independent effects of communications on behavior and understates the importance of interactive effects of what commercial marketing theory refers to as the “marketing mix” – product, price, promotion, and placement. It would be more appropriate to treat military information operations as a form of marketing: a composite effort to induce a specific behavior in a target audience by applying a combination of material and ideational instruments. The marketing model suggests that the efficacy of information operations will depend not simply on the message and its delivery (promotion) but on the behavior the sender seeks to induce (the product), the costs of that behavior (the price), and the opportunities available for such behavior (the placement).