Equality and diversity in the British armed forces: progress,challenges and prospects

The UK's changing political and legal landscape since 2000 reflecting transformations in wider society have elevated equality and diversity (E&D) issues to prominence in the public sector, including in the British armed forces. This research highlights key developments in the British military in relation to E&D, focusing both on areas of progress, and on the challenges still confronting the Forces. The findings reveal that the Forces have made significant strides in advancing E&D through the implementation of a range of policy initiatives but the persistence of discrimination, developments in the wider environment and the dilemmas raised by the strands of age and disability pose challenges. The value of this research is to increase our understanding of diversity management in a public sector institution that has been under-researched and views itself as “different,” and will be of interest to policymakers, E&D practitioners and academics in the field.     

Measuring Military Professionalism in Partner Nations: Guidance for Security Assistance Officials

The U.S. spends billions of dollars in its security cooperation program to develop “professional, accountable, and capable security forces” in other nations, part of a grand strategy to improve global stability and counter violent extremism. Despite its great investment in professionalizing foreign militaries, however, the U.S. has no functional definition of military professionalism – a term that until now has been considered too vague and multi-faceted to operationalize. In this article, the author seeks to remedy this oversight, drawing from twenty years of security cooperation fieldwork in Latin America and Africa, as well as a vigorous literature review, to define four important components of military professionalism: (1) formal military education and vocational training, (2) military subordination to elected civilian officials, (3) knowledge and practice of the law of armed conflict and human rights law, and (4) a clearly established program of professional military ethics. This article provides guidelines for U.S. and European officials who work with partner nations to develop more professional military forces and, in particular, for officials managing security assistance programs with developing countries.     

装甲兵作战多智能体建模技术及其应用

利用作战领域启发知识,综合传统建模技术和智能体优点,首先按照分层结构化组合思想建立了装甲兵兵力智能体模型,并基于层次任务网的决策规划机制和基于军事命令控制结构构建了多智能体模型,然后采用VRMS平台开发了装甲兵作战多智能体应用验证演示系统,最后结合实例探索了多智能体系统在模拟训练、作战实验、辅助决策等领域的仿真应用,其研究有效地提高了装甲兵作战行为仿真的智能性、自主性和逼真性。     

《连续系统建模》的计算机辅助学习与考核系统

本文介绍了一个用于《连续系统建模》学习与考核的计算机辅助教学课件的功能和设计原理,重点介绍了系统动力学模型图的知识表达和建模行为的有效性度量的方法。     

论人的防御火灾意识的更新

通过分析人的素质、行为和能动作用 ,揭示人类防御火灾意识偏低的原因 ,指出人类要实现人与自然协调发展 ,减少火灾的侵袭 ,就必须提高人的素质 ,规范人的行为 ,发挥人的主观能动作用。     

从小说《沙家浜》谈文学创作的底线

文学的严肃性和艺术性决定了不能认为“戏说”之作是文学手法的创新 ,文学创作应遵循一定的“度” :宣扬人性之美 ,尊重历史传统 ,坚守文化立场。     

回热循环燃气轮机中回热器的动态特性研究

采用多段集中参数模型对具有分布参数特性的回热器建模,简化了由偏微分方程带来的大量计算.应用Matlab/Simlink软件作为仿真平台,采取数值方法求解,对具体回热燃气轮机中的回热器进行了仿真.结果表明,回热器时间常数较大,在回热循环燃气轮机仿真中回热器的热惯性不能忽略,而且是影响系统平衡稳定性的重要因素.     

基于Petri网的潜艇CGF鱼雷攻击行为建模

为了实现潜艇对舰鱼雷攻击过程的计算机仿真,基于Petri网理论研究了潜艇鱼雷攻击过程的行为建模问题.在对潜艇鱼雷攻击过程的准离散化分析与构建了鱼雷攻击过程Petri网结构的基础上,将Petri网的变迁和潜艇鱼雷攻击过程的战术规则相关联,并提出了解决变迁冲突的方法,建立了基于Petri网行为模型.这种运用Petri网特有的可视化和以动态方式描述了潜艇鱼雷攻击过程的方法,有着坚实的数学基础,为进一步研究潜艇CGF鱼雷攻击自治行为规划打下了理论基础.     

战斗建模中的作战Agent模型研究

围绕战斗建模中的作战Agent模型的实现问题,通过对坦克战斗过程的分析,提出了以属性建模、能力建模和行为机制建模为要点的作战Agent建模方法,并在此基础上建立了面向实际应用的作战Agent模型;通过推演实验和与兰切斯特方程的比较实验,验证了作战Agent模型在模拟和解释战斗活动时的可行性、有效性和可操作性。     

一个新三维混沌系统及特性分析

提出了一个新的三维混沌系统,研究了该系统的基本动力学行为,据此分析了系统在某一区间参数下的新混沌系统状态;根据新混沌系统的数学模型,进行了计算机软件数值模拟仿真.