Terrorism as Method in Nepali Maoist Insurgency, 1996–2016

During the period 1996–2006, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) waged overt people’s war to seize state power and institute a new order that realized the party’s understanding of ‘New Democracy’ as posited by Mao Tse-tung. Contextual shifts led to a crucial strategic turning point in September 2005, when the Maoists agreed to a united front with estranged legal parties to oust the monarchy and establish a republic. Though touted as acceptance of political reintegration, the move was tactical rather than strategic. The party had no intention of supporting a parliamentary version of democracy and thus, 2006–2016, engaged in a covert effort to seize power. Central to this effort was the paramilitary Young Communist League (YCL), the members of which responded to inflammatory party verbiage and exhortations with attacks upon rival political actors. These attacks, academically and legally, were terrorism and offered a salient illustration of intra-state unrestricted warfare. Ultimately, organizational, national, and regional circumstances caused the main Maoist movement to move decisively away from its covert approach. By that time, however, radical splinters had embraced the use of terrorism against rival political actors, creating a situation whereby local politics is yet a dangerous endeavor in certain areas and at certain times.     

What-If at Waterloo. Carl von Clausewitz’s use of historical counterfactuals in his history of the Campaign of 1815

In this article, I analyze the use of historical counterfactuals in the Campaign of 1815 by Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831). Such is the importance of counterfactuals in this work that its gist can be given in a series of 25 counterfactuals. I claim that a central role is played by evaluative counterfactuals. This specific form of counterfactuals is part of a didactic method that allows Clausewitz to teach young officers a critical method that prepares them for the challenge of decision-making in real warfare. I conclude with the enduring relevance of Clausewitz’s use of evaluative counterfactuals for contemporary military historiography.     

Bernard Fall and Vietnamese Revolutionary Warfare in Indochina

This article assesses Bernard Fall’s concept of Vietnamese Revolutionary Warfare in Indochina between 1953 and 1958. It also investigates differences in the conceptualization of Revolutionary Warfare between Fall and proponents of French military doctrine known as la guerre révolutionnaire. The last component of the article considers limits of Fall’s influence on counterinsurgency doctrine.     

航拍图像车辆检测中的圆形滤波器HOG特征快速计算

航拍图像中车辆一般近似为矩形结构,因此通过统计检测窗口中的梯度方向直方图并根据梯度主方向估计车辆朝向,将检测窗口旋转到相应方向进行分类器判别。车辆检测采用级联boosting分类器和梯度方向直方图特征,针对旋转窗口中梯度方向直方图特征的计算,设计一种基于圆形滤波器的梯度方向直方图特征。与传统基于积分直方图的梯度方向直方图特征提取方法相比,显著提高了旋转窗口中梯度方向直方图特征的计算效率,在计算每个像素的梯度时采用查找表代替梯度向量的求模和角度计算也减小了计算量。使用真实图像进行的实验表明,该车辆检测算法快速高效。     

带三维落角约束的寻的导弹制导与姿控系统设计

针对带三维落角约束的寻的导弹制导与姿态控制系统设计问题,提出一种基于终端滑模控制和扩张状态观测器的六自由度制导控制系统设计方法。建立包含模型不确定项的寻的导弹六自由度质心与绕质心模型,设计内外双层环路六自由度制导控制系统框架;基于弹-目三维相对运动模型和坐标系转移矩阵建立以攻角和侧滑角为输入的三维全耦合导引方程,利用终端滑模控制方法和扩展状态观测器得到期望的攻角和侧滑角并将其转化为对应的俯仰、偏航和滚转角指令;根据线性形式的寻的导弹绕质心动力学方程,设计与俯仰、偏航和滚转角相关的滑模面向量,并利用终端滑模控制方法和扩张状态观测器得到寻的导弹的副翼偏角、方向舵偏角和俯仰舵偏角指令。六自由度数值仿真结果验证了该方法的有效性和鲁棒性,并证明了该制导控制系统设计方法能以较少的控制设计参数完成预设的制导控制任务。     

区域和参数化可靠性灵敏度指标及其解法

针对基于方差的全局可靠性灵敏度指标,分别提出基于方差的区域和参数化可靠性灵敏度指标,以衡量输入变量的取值区域发生变化时或输入变量的方差减小时整个输入变量系统对失效概率不确定性贡献的变化情况。然后从Pearson相关系数的视角分别将所提指标表述成无条件失效域指示函数与固定某一随机输入时的条件失效域指示函数之间的相关系数。在此转换的基础上,提出基于Pearson相关系数的两种求解方法,一种采用蒙特卡洛方法重复抽样进行循环计算,另一种借鉴重要抽样的思想。功能函数的计算样本可重复使用而不增加任何额外的计算代价,故后者大大提高了求解所提区域和参数化灵敏度指标的计算效率。算例结果验证了所提指标的合理性,同时也证明了所提方法的准确性与高效性。     

(修，2撤3)关键几何参数对超声速膨胀器流场和性能影响的数值研究

为了揭示关键几何参数对超声速膨胀器流动特性影响的规律,对3种隔板安装角和5种出进口面积比超声速膨胀器设计工况下的流场进行了数值研究。结果表明：随隔板安装角增加,斜激波向出口迁移,斜激波强度略有降低,超声速膨胀器膨胀比减小,效率提高;随出进口面积比增加,流道内高速区显著扩大并逐渐靠近压力面,斜激波增强,出口流动损失增加,超声速膨胀器膨胀比增大,效率降低。为获得综合性能较优超声速膨胀器结构,需在较小出进口面积比和较大隔板安装角之间做折衷选择。     

低错误平层数列分割移位低密度奇偶校验码构造算法

为降低LDPC(低密度奇偶校验码)码错误平层,提出一种基于环分类搜索的APPS-LDPC(数列分割移位的LDPC)码构造算法。该算法具有码长、码率和列重的任意可设性,同时该类码的Tanner图围长至少为8。循环移位因子可以通过简单的代数表达式描述,从而降低内存需求。仿真结果表明,当误码率达到10-5时,APPS-LDPC码(496,248)相对于PEG-LDPC(渐进边增长LDPC)码获得了约1.9 d B的性能提升;随着信噪比的升高,两条译码性能曲线之间的差距将更大。此外,列重为3的APPS-LDPC码(6144,5376)在信噪比4.6 d B以后并未出现明显的错误平层。该构造算法与PS-LDPC码相比,在误码率达到10-8时大约获得0.25 d B增益;与围长为4和6的PEG构造算法相比,在错误平层区域其译码性能极优;同时相较于此两者,其构造复杂度和耗时也展现出一定优势。通过基于Tanner图的诱捕集分析方法,统计APPS-LDPC码(496,248)中由8环组成的部分小型诱捕集并不存在,从而证明了其错误平层降低的原因。     

平流层飞艇抗风场干扰约束Unscented卡尔曼滤波算法设计与应用

为了提高风场干扰环境下飞艇的导航精度,研究飞艇抗风场干扰导航算法。在建立风场干扰条件下飞艇速度误差约束模型的基础上,设计抗风场干扰的约束Unscented卡尔曼滤波算法。确定风场干扰条件下飞艇的速度误差约束量,将该约束与Unscented卡尔曼滤波算法相结合,对速度误差进行估计和补偿,以减小风场对飞艇定位精度的影响;证明该算法的状态估计量不仅是无偏的,而且协方差小于标准Unscented卡尔曼滤波的协方差;将提出的算法应用于捷联惯导/天文/合成孔径雷达组合导航系统中进行仿真验证,并与自适应扩展卡尔曼滤波和抗差自适应Unscented卡尔曼滤波算法进行比较。结果表明:提出的约束Unscented卡尔曼滤波算法的滤波性能明显优于自适应扩展卡尔曼滤波和抗差自适应Unscented卡尔曼滤波算法,能够有效抑制风场对飞艇定位精度的影响,提高飞艇的导航定位精度。