An Analysis of the Threat of Malicious Chemical Use by Nonstate Actors: Questioning the State-based Approach to Chemical Nonproliferation

ABSTRACT

This study seeks to evaluate the threat of malicious chemical use by non-state actors. It finds that non-state actors have primarily turned to ready-to-use crude chemical weapons (CW) instead of traditional CW agents. Interestingly, the worst crude CW attacks have been more destructive than those employing traditional CW. Scenarios for catastrophic consequences exist, but chemical attacks have typically been used to accomplish tactical goals, which leverage psychological and economic impacts. Therefore, successful efforts to counter CW proliferation by non-state actors must be substantially different from those targeting states.     

四轮全向移动机器人的双闭环速度控制系统设计

设计了四轮全向移动机器人的传感器信息采集硬件电路,并通过分析四轮全向移动机器人的运动学模型,提出了基于TI公司最新研发的TMS320F28069为主控制器的直流电机双闭环速度控制方案.试验结果表明:所提控制方案能够满足四轮全向移动机器人速度控制的要求,且响应速度快、误差小.     

Review of the ordered and proportionate flow shop scheduling research

Ordered flow shop models have appeared in the literature since the mid‐1970s and proportionate flow shop models have appeared since the early 1980s. We provide a detailed review of these models along with some analysis and potential topics for future research. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2013     

Non-lethal weapons and the long tail of warfare

This paper examines whether non-lethal weapons (NLWs) enhance the capability of the US armed forces to conduct irregular warfare (IW) operations. With expectations that the operational environment will only continue to become more complex in the future, NLWs may reduce the level of violence received, as well as dispensed, by US forces while performing tasks in the IW spectrum. We argue that NLWs increase the ability of US forces to address the long tail of warfare and their deployment should be increased in the near term.     

冲激回波信号的双二重相关匹配滤波技术研究

超宽带冲激脉冲回波检测是超宽带雷达探测目标的关键,检测效能的高低将决定超宽带雷达的应用.在传统二重相关匹配滤波技术的基础上,提出了双二重相关匹配滤波技术.分析了双二重相关匹配滤波技术的检测原理,建立了超宽带冲激脉冲串回波信号模型,对比了不同信噪比下2种接收技术的仿真结果,仿真结果表明接收技术改进后能进一步抑制噪声,提高信噪比.研究对超宽带雷达接收机的设计有一定的借鉴和参考价值.     

双模圆锥喇叭单孔战损补片修复方法研究

由于馈源损伤对雷达对抗装备天线性能影响严重,且其修复效果决定天线性能恢复程度,因此,需要研究出较为有效的馈源修复方法.基于高频电磁场分析方法,针对雷达对抗装备馈源单孔损伤模式,运用现有战场抢修手段,通过FEKO软件模拟修复及仿真分析,探讨研究馈源单孔损伤补片修复方法.通过大量的模拟修复以及仿真分析,总结出馈源单孔损伤战场补片修复的一般原则.     

Analysis of algorithms for two‐stage flowshops with multi‐processor task flexibility

In this article we introduce a 2‐machine flowshop with processing flexibility. Two processing modes are available for each task: namely, processing by the designated processor, and processing simultaneously by both processors. The objective studied is makespan minimization. This production environment is encountered in repetitive manufacturing shops equipped with processors that have the flexibility to execute orders either individually or in coordination. In the latter case, the product designer exploits processing synergies between two processors so as to execute a particular task much faster than a dedicated processor. This type of flowshop environment is also encountered in labor‐intensive assembly lines where products moving downstream can be processed either in the designated assembly stations or by pulling together the work teams of adjacent stations. This scheduling problem requires determining the mode of operation of each task, and the subsequent scheduling that preserves the flowshop constraints. We show that the problem is ordinary NP‐complete and obtain an optimal solution using a dynamic programming algorithm with considerable computational requirements for medium and large problems. Then, we present a number of dynamic programming relaxations and analyze their worst‐case error performance. Finally, we present a polynomial time heuristic with worst‐case error performance comparable to that of the dynamic programming relaxations. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.