Alleviating time inconsistent behaviors via a competition scheme

Under quasi‐hyperbolic discounting, the valuation of a payoff falls relatively rapidly for earlier delay periods, but then falls more slowly for longer delay periods. When the salespersons with quasi‐hyperbolic discounting consider the product sale problem, they would exert less effort than their early plan, thus resulting in losses of future profit. We propose a winner‐takes‐all competition to alleviate the above time inconsistent behaviors of the salespersons, and allow the company to maximize its revenue by choosing an optimal bonus. To evaluate the effects of the competition scheme, we define the group time inconsistency degree of the salespersons, which measures the consequence of time inconsistent behaviors, and two welfare measures, the group welfare of the salespersons and the company revenue. We show that the competition always improves the group welfare and the company revenue as long as the company chooses to run the competition in the first place. However, the effect on group time inconsistency degree is mixed. When the optimal bonus is moderate (extreme high), the competition motivates (over‐motivates) the salesperson to work hard, thus alleviates (worsens) the time inconsistent behaviors. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 64: 357–372, 2017     

Strategy,theory, and history: Operation Husky 1943

In his 1987 work Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1987), Edward Luttwak described strategy as a field of activity characterised not only by an innately complex relationship between designs, actions and outcomes, but so too by the frequent disparity between its theory and praxis. Similar observations on this subject have since been made by Richard K. Betts, Lawrence Freedman and Antulio Echevarria II. This article will use the Allied invasion of Sicily in July–August 1943 as a vehicle through which to test these theories against a signal event in the European theatre of the Second World War. It will illustrate how Operation Husky and its aftermath are a paradigm of the confusing and often illogical course of events associated with the process of formulating strategy and waging war. In so doing it demonstrates the benefits of using strategic theory to illuminate events and so move beyond the often insular focus of campaign histories, and simultaneously reinforces the importance of military history in informing a theoretical understanding of strategy.     

Terrorist choice: a stochastic dominance and prospect theory analysis

The paper explores terrorist choice by applying two well-known theoretical frameworks: stochastic dominance and prospect theory (PT). We analyse each pair of attack methods that can be formed from the RAND-MIPT database and the Global Terrorism Database. Instances of stochastic dominance are identified. PT orderings are computed. Attention is accorded to the identification of ‘trigger points’ and the circumstances that may lead to an increased likelihood that a terrorist will select an attack method associated with a higher expected number of fatalities, i.e. a potentially more damaging attack method.     

基于应变路径法的压入管桩单桩挤土位移

基于应变路径法和球孔扩张理论,结合真实源与虚拟源、真实源与虚拟汇的相互作用,在假定土体变形为小应变的前提下,将压入实心桩单桩挤土位移的求解方法应用于压入管桩,通过求解真实源与虚拟汇共同作用下产生的竖向挤土位移,并修正地表面处的附加剪应力,得到压入管桩单桩竖向挤土位移的解析解;通过求解真实源与虚拟源共同作用下产生的水平挤土位移,并修正地表面处的附加正应力,得到压入管桩单桩水平挤土位移的解析解。由挤土位移的解析解可知,桩长、管桩内外径和土塞高度最大值的变化都会对压入管桩挤土位移产生影响。     

三维均匀化理论预测多孔混凝土等效弹性模量

应用多尺度渐进展开的均匀化理论,推导三维均匀化理论的有限元解法,求解复合材料等效弹性系数。假设多孔混凝土由光滑均匀一致的球孔与水泥石基质组成,提出改进的随机投放方法,生成三维均匀化理论求解的随机单胞模型。以聚苯乙烯泡沫(EPS)混凝土为数值算例,生成6组不同体积分数的EPS混凝土随机单胞模型,通过三维均匀化理论的有限元法计算得到其等效弹性模量。计算结果表明:随机单胞模型能反映细观的非均质性,三维均匀化理论的有限元法计算得到的等效弹性模量变化趋势比较符合Miled的试验结果。     

静态初始条件下的歼击机中距攻防引导方法决策

在静态初始条件下,歼击机中距攻防引导方法的选择是一个定性与定量相结合的类别划分问题,因此,将粗糙集理论与概率神经网络相结合用于该问题的解决。首先,利用粗糙集理论实现专家知识约简、空战态势信息集压缩,得到最小决策信息集;其次,利用概率神经网络进行概率决策推理;最后,通过实例分析,结果表明决策推理正确,在不确定环境下仍然有效,提高了决策过程的自动化程度。     

基于稀疏贝叶斯学习的DOA估计

针对基于l1范数约束的稀疏表示DOA(Direction Of Arrival)估计算法对初始参数较为敏感的问题,提出了一种基于稀疏贝叶斯学习的DOA估计算法。首先通过信号来波方向的空间采样构造冗余字典,将阵列信号处理中的DOA估计信号模型转化为压缩感知中的稀疏重构信号模型。然后基于经验贝叶斯推理的方法,将待估计的稀疏系数值用方差未知的联合高斯分布描述,而未知的方差值决定了待估计系数的稀疏性。通过观测数据估计得到未知的方差,进而得到信号的DOA估计值。仿真结果表明,提出的算法有较高估计精度,并且对非相干信源和相干信源都具有较好的估计性能。     

基于“主体—对象—客体”关系模型的公安学基础理论体系构建研究

公安学基础理论是公安学理论体系的基础内容和重要组成部分.近年来,公安学基础理论已经取得了学科建设的阶段性成果,但与理论深入、系统完整、具有公安学特色的基础理论体系的要求还有一定距离.“H”型架构公安学基础理论体系存在着基本概念和关系模型方面的缺陷,以及文字表述和概念内涵之间的矛盾.“主体—对象—客体”关系是新的关系模型,基于该模型构建公安学基础理论基本概念和理论体系,更符合公安学基础理论的学科定位.     

“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。     

主动学习与自学习的中文命名实体识别

命名实体识别是信息抽取中的一项基础性任务,如何利用丰富的未标注语料来提高实体识别的指标是该领域一个重要的研究方向。基于条件随机场提出一种将主动学习与自学习相结合的方法——SACRF,通过设置置信度函数和2-Gram频度阈值来选取样本,并采用人工与自动相结合的方式进行标注来扩展训练语料。实验表明,该方法在提高实体识别的精确率和召回率的同时,能够显著地降低人工标注的工作量。