结合全局与局部信息的主动轮廓分割模型

针对传统的基于区域的主动轮廓模型在分割灰度不均匀图像和噪声图像存在效果不佳的问题,提出结合全局项与局部项的主动轮廓分割模型。全局项由CV(Chan-Vese)模型的保真项构成,局部项的构建考虑局部区域信息的同时引入反映图像灰度特性的局部熵信息。依据图像灰度的特点,选择合理的全局项和局部项参数,并加入正则项保证曲线在演化过程中保持平滑,保障分割结果的可靠性。通过变分水平集方法最小化能量泛函,依据梯度下降流迭代更新水平集,完成曲线演化。采用模拟图像和实际图像进行实验分析,结果表明,所提出的结合全局项和局部项的主动轮廓模型可以高效地分割噪声严重以及灰度分布不均匀的图像。     

Optimal switchover times between two activities utilizing the same resource

The “gold‐mining” decision problem is concerned with the efficient utilization of a delicate mining equipment working in a number of different mines. Richard Bellman was the first to consider this type of a problem. The solution found by Bellman for the finite‐horizon, continuous‐time version of the problem with two mines is not overly realistic since he assumed that fractional parts of the same mining equipment could be used in different mines and this fraction could change instantaneously. In this paper, we provide some extensions to this model in order to produce more operational and realistic solutions. Our first model is concerned with developing an operational policy where the equipment may be switched from one mine to the other at most once during a finite horizon. In the next extension we incorporate a cost component in the objective function and assume that the horizon length is not fixed but it is the second decision variable. Structural properties of the optimal solutions are obtained using nonlinear programming. Each model and its solution is illustrated with a numerical example. The models developed here may have potential applications in other areas including production of items requiring the same machine or choosing a sequence of activities requiring the same resource. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 49: 186–203, 2002; DOI 10.1002/nav.10008     

石河子移民文化对当地少数民族文化的影响

文化通性使不同民族文化之间的学习和交融成为可能，新疆石河子是以汉族移民为主体的移民地区，不同地域移民带来的文化互相碰撞交融，与兵团文化结合形成了独具特色的石河子多元一体地域文化。本文从经济生活、宗教信仰和民俗习惯、教育观和生育观几个方面来分析石河子特殊的移民文化对当地少数民族文化产生的影响。     

基于图像信息的多特征空间坦克姿态估计

坦克作为地面战场的主要目标,分析其姿态至关重要。根据坦克姿态估计的需要,在可见光条件下采集了坦克车体纵轴与瞄准镜光轴不同夹角的图像作为训练集。利用主成分分析法选取了目标的主要特征向量,每个训练子集用3个特征向量表示,利用少量的特征向量建立目标的8个特征空间,降低了空间的维数。设计判别准则将待识别目标向量与重构向量之间的余弦值进行比较,即确定目标所在的空间位置,完成了目标姿态的识别。实验结果表明,利用建立目标多特征空间的方法识别目标空间位置是有效的。     

战场环境地形编辑器系统设计与实现

作战仿真中,地形地物对战争进程发挥着重要影响。设计并实现了战场环境地形编辑器系统,该系统利用规整网格存储高程数据,确保了动态编辑地形的实时性,并使用CLOD地形渲染方法提高绘制性能。在此基础上,对堑壕、铁丝网、三角锥、雷场、碉堡等常见战场要素的特点进行分析,将它们分为点状地物、线状地物和面状地物;最后,对每类地物分别设计不同的生成算法。实验结果证明了算法的有效性。     

Counterinsurgency Challenge in Post-2001 Afghanistan

Although the Taliban insurgency was internally divided and unable to coordinate its activities in 2014–2015, the Afghan security forces were not able to contain it and steadily lost ground throughout 2015. Until 2015, there had been little effort to develop an indigenous Afghan counterinsurgency strategy, but a sense of urgency emerged after a string of Taliban victories. At the beginning of 2016, it was still not clear if and when the National Unity Government would be able to produce a counterinsurgency strategy and, in any case, the need for a coherent counterinsurgency approach became questionable as the Taliban appeared to be transitioning towards conventional warfare.     

基于时频分布的弹道导弹目标识别方法

在弹道导弹目标识别中,微动特征是重要的识别手段。从弹道导弹微动特性时频分析出发,提出一种基于时频分布的弹道导弹目标识别方法。该方法将时频分布图的伪Zeinike不变矩特征作为识别特征。首先对回波信号进行时频变换以获取时频图像;然后为了降低噪声的影响,对其进行图形预处理;最后给出了伪Zernike不变矩提取步骤及识别特征的选取原则。通过仿真实验,分析了不同特征组合对识别率的影响,评估了不同信噪比下识别方法的稳定性。实验结果表明,该方法具有一定稳定性,可用于弹道导弹目标识别。     

针对舰船目标高分辨距离像的特征选择方法

为了提高基于高分辨距离像(HRRP)的舰船目标识别率,首先通过目标区域提取来解决HRRP的幅度敏感性和平移敏感性的问题;然后根据传统的特征提取方法,提取出15个较好的特征进行多特征综合识别;最后在基于Fisher准则的特征选择方法上进行改进,提出了一种基于特征互补性的特征选择方法,选择一个最优特征子集。通过仿真实验验证了提出的特征选择方法,同时选择出一个最佳分类器。     

Too much Western bias? The need for a more culturally adaptable approach to post-conflict security sector reform

The existing guidelines for security sector reform (SSR) tend to draw on theoretical work in the field of civil–military relations, which in turn has been derived from Western, liberal democratic models of governance. Although guidelines strongly advise that local culture and context need to be considered when drawing up objectives for post-conflict SSR programmes, this is not often reflected in practice. This article considers some of the reasons for this, citing both in-country challenges and donor-related issues, and suggests that one of the biggest problems is a lack of alternative, non-orthodox models of civil–military relations to draw upon. It is further suggested that elements of suitable alternative models may be found in states which possess political structures not entirely dissimilar to the Western, liberal democratic ideal, but which can offer different perspectives. Detailed research of these structures should produce a pool of sub-models which could then be employed to create bespoke, culturally appropriate objectives for use in post-conflict SSR programmes.     

Security sector reform in Africa: Donor approaches versus local needs

Many African states have security sector reform (SSR) programs. These are often internationally funded. But how do such programs account for previously existing security institutions and the security needs of local communities? This article examines SSR all over Africa to assess local ownership and path dependency from a New Institutionalist perspective. It finds that SSR, particularly in post-conflict countries, tends to be driven by ideas and perceptions of international donors promoting generalized blueprints. Often, such programs only account in a very limited way for path-dependent aspects of security institutions or the local context. Hence, the reforms often lack local participation and are thus not accepted by the local community eventually.