The Obama administration's phased-adaptive architecture: technological,operational and political issues

In 2009, the Obama administration announced a new missile defense strategy, termed a phased-adaptive architecture (PAA) focused primarily on countering the growing threat from theater ballistic missiles. The success of this strategy is predicated on the rapid development and fielding of successive increments of defensive capability in a manner adapted to the specific requirements for missile defenses in different regions of the world. The administration is committed to building a European regional missile defense system, the European PAA or EPAA between now and 2020. The first elements of the EPAA were deployed in late 2011. However, much progress is still required in order to reach the goals set for the PAA. This article addresses the technological, operational and political issues confronting the Obama administration in its efforts to make the PAA a reality.     

Dual sourcing: Responsive hedging against correlated supply and demand uncertainty

This article analyzes dual sourcing decisions under stochastically dependent supply and demand uncertainty. A manufacturer faces the trade‐off between investing in unreliable but high‐margin offshore supply and in reliable but low‐margin local supply, where the latter allows for production that is responsively contingent on the actual demand and offshore supply conditions. Cost thresholds for both types of supply determine the optimal resource allocation: single offshore sourcing, single responsive sourcing, or dual sourcing. Relying on the concept of concordance orders, we study the effects of correlation between supply and demand uncertainty. Adding offshore supply to the sourcing portfolio becomes more favorable under positive correlation, since offshore supply is likely to satisfy demand when needed. Selecting responsive capacity under correlated supply and demand uncertainty is not as straightforward, yet we establish the managerially relevant conditions under which responsive capacity either gains or loses in importance. Our key results are extended to the broad class of endogenous supply uncertainty developed by Dada et al. [Manufact Serv Operat Mange 9 (2007), 9–32].© 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2012     

南宋四川山地滨江防卫型城池营建研究——以重庆多功城为例

南宋抗蒙斗争时期,四川军民凭借严密的山地滨江网状防御体系成功地抵御了蒙军长达数十年的进攻。为分析、总结这一体系中山地滨江防卫型城池的营建特征,以其中一个重要城池——重庆多功城为代表,从历史沿革、选址、地形地貌、平面布局、周边道路、环境和主要建筑特征等方面进行分析,并结合相关史书资料和其他城池研究成果,总结出南宋四川山地滨江防卫型城池的营建特征:选址依山临水,择险而立;防御设施完善坚固;后勤保障得力。     

消防官兵训练倦怠影响因素及应对策略

诸多因素的影响使消防官兵产生了不同程度的训练倦怠现象,分析认为人格、自我效能感、价值取向、归因风格是影响消防官兵训练倦怠的内部因素,社会环境、组训干部能力素质、激励机制是影响消防官兵训练倦怠的外部因素。提出消防官兵训练倦怠心理干预必须要塑造健全人格,建立适当的归因方式,树立正确的价值取向,培养良好的自我效能感,构建公平公正的训练激励机制。     

电气火灾统计分析研究

通过对比分析近10年来的火灾统计数据,找出了近几年我国电气火灾发生和发展的特点及规律.根据电气火灾原因分布规律,发现电气线路火灾在电气火灾中占有最大比例;根据电线电缆火灾原因统计数据,分析出发生的电线电缆火灾中,外因引发重大火灾的概率和数量更大.     

逆边界无网格法声源识别的理论与实验

针对逆向求解声源识别中的声辐射传输建模问题,采用无网格法将Kirchhoff- Helmholtz边界积分方程离散为受边界条件约束的有限维线性方程组,通过分块矩阵法对该约束方程组进行求解,得到了离散后声辐射传输模型的数值表达式.在此基础上,进一步研究了逆向求解声源识别问题的基本原理及其不适定性.为克服其不适定性,采用Tikhonov正则化和L曲线正则化参数选取方法,从而确立了有效的逆向求解方法.此外,还进行了扬声器阵列声源识别实验,实验结果验证了逆边界无网格声源识别理论和方法的可行性及可靠性.     

新媒介：当代大学生思想政治教育的有效途径

随着信息技术的迅猛发展,新媒介对大学生的影响日益深刻。新媒介具有对大学生进行思想政治教育的先天优势,但新媒介环境下的思想政治教育危机也不容忽视。我们应当扬长避短,积极探索利用新媒介开展思想政治教育的新路径,不断提高思想政治教育的针对性和有效性。     

“沉默的螺旋”理论对军队思想政治教育的启示

“沉默的螺旋”理论启示我们：思想政治教育要通过“增强主旋律的影响力、发挥军人群体认同的渲染作用、发挥军人群体规范的制约作用、注重典型示范”来营造强大的“教育场”,以提高教育效果。     

线导加尾流自导鱼雷保持距离导引法

依据线导加尾流自导鱼雷捕获和跟踪目标尾流的特殊要求,分析了现有导引方法的不足。利用鱼雷位置点与目标方位线之间的几何关系,提出了\"保持距离导引法\"的概念、建立了线导加尾流自导鱼雷的导引模型,从根本上消除了通过估计目标距离而确定目标方位修正量的困难,并通过仿真计算分析了这种方法的特点及作战应用的可行性。