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The purpose of this article is to analyse British strategic nuclear targeting between 1974 and 1979, prior to the successful completion of the sophisticated modification to Polaris submarine-missile system codenamed Chevaline. It will use as its starting point the parameters for UK strategic nuclear targeting, and the foundation of the ‘Moscow Criterion’, prior to the deployment of Britain's Polaris submarines which began in 1968. It will then discuss the recommendation by the Chiefs of Staff to retarget Polaris in 1975/76 and the implications of that recommendation in terms of the British approach to strategic nuclear deterrence. The article will conclude with an assessment of these retargeting decisions on the decision to replace Polaris with the US Trident system in 1980.     

基于点云配准的室内移动机器人6自由度位姿估计

针对移动机器人在室内环境下难以获取GPS定位信息,仅靠自身惯导不能得到精确位姿的问题,提出了一种基于RGB-D传感器获取三维环境点云,对连续点云提取特征并进行配准的移动机器人6自由度位姿估计方法.首先通过RGB-D传感器获取环境深度图像,根据特征提取算法提取点云特征;然后以特征点为配准点,运用随机一致性采样(RANdom SAmple Consensus,RANSAC)算法对点云进行初配准,剔除部分错误匹配点,获得初始变换矩阵;最后采用改进的迭代最近点(Iterative Closet Point,ICP)算法进行精配准,获得点云间的最终变换矩阵,实现位姿估计.实验结果表明:该方法有效地提高了大规模点云配准效率,得到了较精确的位姿估计信息.     

地空导弹武器系统抗饱和攻击能力研究

通过确定地空导弹武器系统抗饱和攻击能力的重要效能指标,分析地空导弹武器系统服务每枚来袭目标的过程,建立了地空导弹武器系统服务模型。在此基础上,建立了一种基于MonteCarlo法的地空导弹武器系统抗饱和攻击能力模型,并对模型进行了仿真分析。结果表明,该模型可真实地反映目标流强度对地空导弹武器系统服务目标数、杀伤目标数和消耗弹药数的影响,可为地空导弹武器系统的运用提供有益参考。     

基于全维PI观测器的混沌系统鲁棒故障检测设计

研究了在干扰存在情况下基于全维PI观测器的混沌系统鲁棒故障检测设计问题。基于一类Sylvester矩阵方程的参数化解,给出了干扰和残差信号解耦的充要条件,并建立了具有鲁棒故障检测功能的全维PI观测器设计的参数化方法。Lorenz混沌系统的数值算例及其计算结果表明：在干扰存在的情况下,基于全维PI观测器的混沌系统鲁棒故障检测设计方法简单有效。     

Probabilistic partial set covering problems

In this article, we consider a situation in which a group of facilities need to be constructed in order to serve a given set of customers. However, the facilities cannot guarantee an absolute coverage to any of the customers. Hence, we formulate this problem as one of maximizing the total service reliability of the system subject to a budgetary constraint. For this problem, we develop and test suitable branch-and-bound algorithms and study the effect of problem parameters on solution difficulty. Some generalizations of this problem are also mentioned as possible extensions.     

Some comparative & design aspects of fixed cycle production systems

A serial production line is defined wherein a unit is produced if, and only if, all machines are functioning. A single buffer stock with finite capacity is to be placed immediately after one of the first N-1 machines in the N machine line. When all machines have equal probability of failure it is shown that the optimal buffer position is exactly in the middle of the line. This result is synthesized with the earlier work of Koenigsberg and Buzacott including an analysis of the covariance between transition states. An alternative model formulation is presented and integrated with previous results. Finally, a sufficient condition and solution procedure is derived for the installation of a buffer where there is a possible trade-off between increasing the reliability of the line versus adding a buffer stock.     

Optimal control for multi-servers queueing systems under periodic review

This paper deals with the problem of finding the optimal dynamic operating policy for an M/M/S queue. The system is observed periodically, and at the beginning of each period the system controller selects the number of service units to be kept open during that period. The optimality criterion used is the total discounted cost over a finite horizon.     

Some results of the queueing system E/M/c

This paper analyses the E/M/c queueing system and shows how to calculate the expected number in the system, both at a random epoch and immediately preceding an arrival. These expectations are expressed in terms of certain initial probabilities which are determined by linear equations. The advantages and disadvantages of this method are also discussed.