Exact algorithms for scheduling multiple families of jobs on parallel machines

In many practical manufacturing environments, jobs to be processed can be divided into different families such that a setup is required whenever there is a switch from processing a job of one family to another job of a different family. The time for setup could be sequence independent or sequence dependent. We consider two particular scheduling problems relevant to such situations. In both problems, we are given a set of jobs to be processed on a set of identical parallel machines. The objective of the first problem is to minimize total weighted completion time of jobs, and that of the second problem is to minimize weighted number of tardy jobs. We propose column generation based branch and bound exact solution algorithms for the problems. Computational experiments show that the algorithms are capable of solving both problems of medium size to optimality within reasonable computational time. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 50: 823–840, 2003.     

对新疆构建天山北坡城市带的设想

新世纪,新疆为推动经济的发展,提出了大力发展天山北坡经济带的战略。而经济带的发展必须以城市带为载体,二者是相辅相成关系,文中从构建城市带的意义入手,对城市带建立中存在问题以及思路作了阐述。     

Coercive diplomacy and the Donbas: Explaining Russian strategy in Eastern Ukraine

What were Russia’s objectives in Eastern Ukraine, and why was it seemingly unable to achieve a successful or decisive outcome? In contrast to Russia’s seizure of Crimea, the uprising in Eastern Ukraine was marked by disorganization and chaos. Using proxy and surrogate actors, along with military exercises and the injection of Russian troops, Russia sought to institutionalize a political entity inside Ukraine to influence its domestic politics. In this article, I analyze the mechanisms by which Russia attempted to implement, and later salvage, its strategy. The article contributes to clearer theoretical and practical understanding of limited force in coercive diplomacy, signaling, and a more rigorous treatment of the role and uses of proxy actors.     

Deterrence Beyond Downunder: Australia and US Security Guarantees since 1955

ABSTRACT

From 1944 to 1973 Australia attempted to acquire atomic weaponry. This ambition was driven by the desire to contribute to defending British interests in Asia, fears of invasion by China, Indonesia, and Japan, great-power war, and the belief that nuclear weapons were merely bigger and better conventional weapons, that they would proliferate, and that US security assurances lacked credibility. Although the pursuit of the bomb was eventually abandoned, this was not the result of US assurances. Rather, geopolitical changes in Australia’s environment meant that a major attack on the continent was unlikely to occur outside the context of a confrontation between the US, China, and the Soviet Union. This article argues that Australia may soon have to rethink its policies towards US extended deterrence and instead focus on developing its own deterrent.     

Norms,Military Utility,and the Use/Non-use of Weapons: The Case of Anti-plant and Irritant Agents in the Vietnam War

The role of norms and military utility in the use of weapons is disputed by constructivist and realist scholars. Through an examination of US decision-making regarding anti-plant and irritant agents in the Vietnam War, I advance this debate in three key ways. First, I develop structural realism’s expectations regarding the role of military utility. Second, I demonstrate that social and material factors are at play in our understandings of both ‘norms’ and ‘military utility’, and that both played a role in US decisions. Third, I find that the dominant role – as structural realism expects – was played by military utility.     

高轨双星辐射源跟踪的高斯和-容积Kalman滤波算法

针对辐射源运动方程和观测方程的强非线性,提出基于高斯和框架与5阶容积Kalman滤波(5CKF)的跟踪算法GS-5CKF。该方法将起始时刻的时差观测量所确定的位于地球表面的时差线按经度等间隔划分,初始化多个并行的5CKF,线性组合各滤波器的输出获得辐射源运动状态的估计。针对5CKF,提出新的非线性测度并引入滤波器分裂与合并,从而提高了跟踪精度,同时保持GS-5CKF算法复杂度基本不变。仿真表明,相对仅使用单个5CKF和基于高斯和框架但使用3阶容积Kalman滤波器的GS-3CKF等方法,提出的算法具有更高的估计精度。     

频率步进雷达距离旁瓣抑制自适应脉冲压缩算法

在频率步进雷达中,通常使用逆快速傅里叶变换方法进行高分辨成像。由于逆快速傅里叶变换的距离旁瓣高,有可能造成强散射点旁瓣掩盖附近弱散射点或者弱小目标情况,限制了其在强杂波环境下的使用。为了抑制高距离旁瓣,近年来提出一种基于最小均方误差准则的自适应脉冲压缩方法。基于自适应脉冲压缩算法原理,推导了频率步进雷达距离旁瓣抑制算法。针对静止和运动目标场景,分析自适应脉冲压缩算法的旁瓣抑制性能。仿真结果表明,与逆快速傅里叶变换和加窗逆快速傅里叶变换处理比较,自适应脉冲压缩算法具有更好的旁瓣抑制效果,能够更好地检测强散射点附近的弱散射点或者弱小目标。     

大学生法律意识现状调查分析——以S大学为例

培养大学生的法律意识是一项需要深入研究的系统工程.本文采用访谈与问卷调查的形式,对S大学300名在校生进行抽样调查研究,在此基础之上分析大学生法律意识现状及存在的问题,从社会环境、学校教育环境、家庭教育环境三个方面分析问题的成因,并针对性地提出培养大学生法律意识的对策.