Minimum violations and predictive meta‐rankings for college football

This article presents two meta‐ranking models that minimize or nearly minimize violations of past game results while predicting future game winners as well as or better than leading current systems—a combination never before offered for college football. Key to both is the development and integration of a highly predictive ensemble probability model generated from the analysis of 36 existing college football ranking systems. This ensemble model is used to determine a target ranking that is used in two versions of a hierarchical multiobjective mixed binary integer linear program (MOMBILP). When compared to 75 other systems out‐of‐sample, one MOMBILP was the leading predictive system while getting within 0.64% of the retrodictive optimum; the other MOMBILP minimized violations while achieving a prediction total that was 2.55% lower than the best mark. For bowls, prediction sums were not statistically significantly different from the leading value, while achieving optimum or near‐optimum violation counts. This performance points to these models as potential means of reconciling the contrasting perspectives of predictiveness versus the matching of past performance when it comes to ranking fairness in college football. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 61: 17–33, 2014     

A historical overview of US counter-insurgency

Say not the struggle naught availeth,

The labour and the wounds are vain,

The enemy faints not, nor faileth,

And as things have been, things remain.

Arthur Hugh Clough     

Index policies for the routing of background jobs

Arriving (generic) jobs may be processed at one of several service stations, but only when no other (dedicated) jobs are waiting there. We consider the problem of how to route these incoming background jobs to make best use of the spare service capacity available at the stations. We develop an approximative approach to Whittle's proposal for restless bandits to obtain an index policy for routing. The indices concerned are increasing and nonlinear in the station workload. A numerical study testifies to the strong performance of the index policies developed. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004     

Higher‐order Markov chain models for categorical data sequences*

In this paper we study higher‐order Markov chain models for analyzing categorical data sequences. We propose an efficient estimation method for the model parameters. Data sequences such as DNA and sales demand are used to illustrate the predicting power of our proposed models. In particular, we apply the developed higher‐order Markov chain model to the server logs data. The objective here is to model the users' behavior in accessing information and to predict their behavior in the future. Our tests are based on a realistic web log and our model shows an improvement in prediction. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004     

抢险救灾非战争军事行动中应急资源调度网络的优化方法

抢险救灾非战争军事行动包括道路抢修和物资运输等任务,而这两类任务在灾后应急资源调度中存在关联性的影响,且面临路网结构可变及需求随机模糊等挑战,对此,提出了一种非确定性应急资源调度网络双层规划模型,设计了基于蒙特卡洛方法与遗传算法耦合的智能启发式求解策略.通过对典型情境下应急资源调度案例进行分析建模和数值求解,说明了该模型和算法的合理性和有效性.     

单兵系统数据模型

讨论了单兵系统的体系结构和信息要素,并结合单兵系统在联合作战中的应用例子,对其业务过程和信息流进行初步分析。然后通过IDEF1X方法,设计单兵系统基于关系数据库的数据模型。最后讨论了模型的规范化问题,并给出检验数据模型的方法。     

基于灰色系统理论的目标方位估算及应用

针对潜艇作战过程中依据目标方位变化判断战场态势的军事需求,根据灰色系统理论,以实测目标方位序列为原始数据,建立GM(1,1)模型,深入挖掘其内在规律性,对目标方位序列的变化趋势进行科学分析,并估算未来时刻目标方位,用于战术态势判断、检验目标运动要素解算和战术绘算的准确性,以及干预目标运动要素解算,以期望利用有限的数据,获得最大限度的信息,为潜艇指挥员提供决策支持。     

带紧扰动的极大单调算子的满值性定理

将周海云关于m-增生算子的有关结果推广到极大单调算子场合。     

升降法数据的可靠性评定

针对目前升降法数据可靠性评定方法的不足,在火工品可靠性评定模型基础上,重点探讨了用正态容许限法对升降法数据进行可靠性评定的方法。     

脉冲激光测距机测距能力检测方法分析

激光测距机的测距能力是激光测距机最主要的性能指标之一,是激光测距机有关性能参数的一种综合反映。国内外有代表性的检验方法有三种：最大测程法、消光比测试法和光纤模拟目标测试法。根据激光测距机原理和影响测距能力的各种因素以及生产验收的实践,对三种检验激光测距机测距能力的方法进行了分析。