Technical note: Worst‐case performance of power‐of‐two policies for serial inventory systems with incremental quantity discounts

This study presents power‐of‐two policies for a serial inventory system with constant demand rate and incremental quantity discounts at the most upstream stage. It is shown that an optimal solution is nested and follows a zero‐inventory ordering policy. To prove the effectiveness of power‐of‐two policies, a lower bound on the optimal cost is obtained. A policy that has a cost within 6% of the lower bound is developed for a fixed base planning period. For a variable base planning period, a 98% effective policy is provided. An extension is included for a system with price dependent holding costs. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007     

基于DCT的帧内视频编码器的缓存控制技术

提出一种基于ＤＣＴ的帧内视频编码器的缓存控制技术。它根据视频图像各种子块的比例及其相应的Ｒ－Ｑ曲线确定量化因子，通过再编码，调整子块Ｒ－Ｑ曲线的拟合参数使其自适应视频图像的场景变化。同时本文提出了一个简单有效的图像子块分类方法，分类结果基本上与根据编码子块所需比特数分类子块的结果相一致。此法用于缓存控制的额外计算量小，并能扩展应用于Ｈ．２６１、ＭＰＥＧ等视频编码标准中。模拟结果表明，此法在视频序列的场景发生变化时，再编码次数少，输出码率恒定。     

基于多尺度小波变换的二维图像角点检测技术

提出一种基于多尺度小波变换的二维图像角点检测算法。首先利用二维零交叉边缘检测算子对图像进行边缘提取得到二值边缘图，通过基于边素（边过程）的围线跟踪算法得到图像的边缘围线。对边缘围线的方向曲线进行多尺度小波变换，利用变换结果的局部最大值信息检测和定位出图像角点。仿真结果表明该算法可有效地实现二维图像的角点检测与定位，具有较高的精度     

一种视频图像三维子带编码方法

介绍一种视频图像三维子带编码方法，它采用非对称滤波器进行子带划分，对各子带进行量化时，低频子带采用非对称树结构矢量量化方法，高频子带采用几何矢量量化方法。实验证明，由此构成的比特率为１１２ｋｂ／ｓ视频图像编码器获得了良好的重建图像质量。     

Landmarks in defense literature

A Study of War by Quincy Wright, Second edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965, 1,637 pp.     

Book reviews

Use of Force: The Practise of States by A. Mark Weisburd, Penn: Penn State Press, University Park, 1997, ISBN 0-271-01679-5 (hbk), $65.00/£58.00, ISBN 0-271-01680-9 (pbk), $25.00/£22.50

Late Breaking Foreign Policy: the News Media's Influence on Peace Operations by Warren P. Strobel, Washington DC: United States Insititute of Peace Press, 1997, ISBN 1-878379-68-2 (hbk), £23.25, ISBN 1-878379-67-4 (pbk)

The Reluctant Sheriff: The United States After the Cold War by Richard N. Haass, New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 1997, 148pp, index, ISBN 0-87609-201-6 (hbk), $24.95

The UN, Peace and Force edited by Michael Pugh, London: Frank Cass, 1997, ISBN 0-7146-4795-4 (hbk), £29.50, ISBN 0-7146-4320-3 (pbk), £15.00

Confidence-Building in South East Asia by Malcolm Chalmers, Oxford: Westview Press, 1996, ISBN 1-85143-116-0 (pbk), £19.95

Britain's Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: From Before the V-Bomber to Beyond Trident by Robert H. Paterson, London: Frank Cass, 1997, ISBN 0-7146470-3 (hbk), £35.00, ISBN 0-7146-4297-5 (pbk) £18.00

OSS in China: Prelude to Cold War by Maochun Yu, London: Yale University Press, 1997, ISBN 0 300 06698-8 (hbk), £25.00

Preventing Violent Conflicts: A Strategy for Preventive Diplomacy by Michael S. Lund, Washington DC: US Institute of Peace Press, 1996, ISBN 1-878379-52-6 (pbk), £11.75