Making defense planning meaningful: the evolution of strategic guidance in the Hungarian Ministry of Defense

Hungary, a former communist state, adapted a Western-style defense planning system during the 1990s and 2000s. Although on the surface the elements of this planning system were similar to the planning programming budgeting system (PPBS) developed by the US Department of Defense, strategic guidance for defense planning has not been properly developed until recently. Thus, albeit PPBS-based defense plans were developed in the Hungarian Ministry of Defense (Hungarian MoD) regularly, they lacked both an expression of clear priorities and strategic focus. This article delineates the evolution of strategic guidance in the Hungarian MoD concentrating on current developments, and introduces the newly elaborated analytical concepts and tools, which helped to create needed strategic guidance in Hungary.     

基于多目标优化的任务计划建模及方法

针对任务计划在进行多目标优化时采用进化算法求解效率较低的问题,设计了一种结合分组策略的非支配排序遗传(NSGA-Ⅱ)算法,可以快速有效地得到合理的分组结果。基于分组结果,调整NSGA-Ⅱ算法的步骤,灵活地进行种群初始化,使最终分配结果各优化的目标有了明显的改善,提高了算法的效率。通过实验分析,验证了所提方法的可行性和有效性。     

隐身飞机突防建模及低可探测性轨迹规划

针对隐身飞机突防飞行规划,分析了隐身飞机对警戒雷达网突防过程问题特性,建立了雷达探测模型与组网警戒雷达信息融合模型;综合考虑隐身飞机的隐身能力、预警时间和燃料消耗将隐身飞机低可探测性轨迹规划问题形式化为一个复杂多目标非线性连续时间最优控制问题;并提出基于伪谱法的低可探测性轨迹规划方法。仿真实验实现了在组网警戒雷达下隐身飞机的低可探测性突防轨迹规划,证明了方法的可用性和有效性。     

机载反辐射导弹和常规反舰导弹协同规划算法

机载反辐射导弹在攻击移动目标时容易受雷达关机影响而丢失目标,和常规主动雷达制导的反舰导弹协同攻击可以有效对抗目标雷达关机。为了达到协同作战目的,载机起飞前已知目标信息情况下,通过计划协同算法确定协同作战方案,方案包括载机和导弹各个航路点位置和到达该位置的时间点,然后按照在机场起飞前就制定好的方案实施具体作战行动。对计划协同算法进行了实例仿真,结果表明算法切实有效。     

Expansion planning for waste‐to‐energy systems using waste forecast prediction sets

We consider an expansion planning problem for Waste‐to‐Energy (WtE) systems facing uncertainty in future waste supplies. The WtE expansion plans are regarded as strategic, long term decisions, while the waste distribution and treatment are medium to short term operational decisions which can adapt to the actual waste collected. We propose a prediction set uncertainty model which integrates a set of waste generation forecasts and is constructed based on user‐specified levels of forecasting errors. Next, we use the prediction sets for WtE expansion scenario analysis. More specifically, for a given WtE expansion plan, the guaranteed net present value (NPV) is evaluated by computing an extreme value forecast trajectory of future waste generation from the prediction set that minimizes the maximum NPV of the WtE project. This problem is essentially a multiple stage min‐max dynamic optimization problem. By exploiting the structure of the WtE problem, we show this is equivalent to a simpler min‐max optimization problem, which can be further transformed into a single mixed‐integer linear program. Furthermore, we extend the model to optimize the guaranteed NPV by searching over the set of all feasible expansion scenarios, and show that this can be solved by an exact cutting plane approach. We also propose a heuristic based on a constant proportion distribution rule for the WtE expansion optimization model, which reduces the problem into a moderate size mixed‐integer program. Finally, our computational studies demonstrate that our proposed expansion model solutions are very stable and competitive in performance compared to scenario tree approaches. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 63: 47–70, 2016     

Risk‐sensitive sizing of responsive facilities

We develop a risk‐sensitive strategic facility sizing model that makes use of readily obtainable data and addresses both capacity and responsiveness considerations. We focus on facilities whose original size cannot be adjusted over time and limits the total production equipment they can hold, which is added sequentially during a finite planning horizon. The model is parsimonious by design for compatibility with the nature of available data during early planning stages. We model demand via a univariate random variable with arbitrary forecast profiles for equipment expansion, and assume the supporting equipment additions are continuous and decided ex‐post. Under constant absolute risk aversion, operating profits are the closed‐form solution to a nontrivial linear program, thus characterizing the sizing decision via a single first‐order condition. This solution has several desired features, including the optimal facility size being eventually decreasing in forecast uncertainty and decreasing in risk aversion, as well as being generally robust to demand forecast uncertainty and cost errors. We provide structural results and show that ignoring risk considerations can lead to poor facility sizing decisions that deteriorate with increased forecast uncertainty. Existing models ignore risk considerations and assume the facility size can be adjusted over time, effectively shortening the planning horizon. Our main contribution is in addressing the problem that arises when that assumption is relaxed and, as a result, risk sensitivity and the challenges introduced by longer planning horizons and higher uncertainty must be considered. Finally, we derive accurate spreadsheet‐implementable approximations to the optimal solution, which make this model a practical capacity planning tool.© 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2008     

Strategic capacity decision‐making in a stochastic manufacturing environment using real‐time approximate dynamic programming

In this study, we illustrate a real‐time approximate dynamic programming (RTADP) method for solving multistage capacity decision problems in a stochastic manufacturing environment, by using an exemplary three‐stage manufacturing system with recycle. The system is a moderate size queuing network, which experiences stochastic variations in demand and product yield. The dynamic capacity decision problem is formulated as a Markov decision process (MDP). The proposed RTADP method starts with a set of heuristics and learns a superior quality solution by interacting with the stochastic system via simulation. The curse‐of‐dimensionality associated with DP methods is alleviated by the adoption of several notions including “evolving set of relevant states,” for which the value function table is built and updated, “adaptive action set” for keeping track of attractive action candidates, and “nonparametric k nearest neighbor averager” for value function approximation. The performance of the learned solution is evaluated against (1) an “ideal” solution derived using a mixed integer programming (MIP) formulation, which assumes full knowledge of future realized values of the stochastic variables (2) a myopic heuristic solution, and (3) a sample path based rolling horizon MIP solution. The policy learned through the RTADP method turned out to be superior to polices of 2 and 3. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 2010     

Route optimization for multiple searchers

We consider a discrete time‐and‐space route‐optimization problem across a finite time horizon in which multiple searchers seek to detect one or more probabilistically moving targets. This article formulates a novel convex mixed‐integer nonlinear program for this problem that generalizes earlier models to situations with multiple targets, searcher deconfliction, and target‐ and location‐dependent search effectiveness. We present two solution approaches, one based on the cutting‐plane method and the other on linearization. These approaches result in the first practical exact algorithms for solving this important problem, which arises broadly in military, rescue, law enforcement, and border patrol operations. The cutting‐plane approach solves many realistically sized problem instances in a few minutes, while existing branch‐and‐bound algorithms fail. A specialized cut improves solution time by 50[percnt] in difficult problem instances. The approach based on linearization, which is applicable in important special cases, may further reduce solution time with one or two orders of magnitude. The solution time for the cutting‐plane approach tends to remain constant as the number of searchers grows. In part, then, we overcome the difficulty that earlier solution methods have with many searchers. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2010     

无人机系统自主控制技术研究现状与发展趋势

无人机系统是未来进行信息对抗、夺取信息优势、实施火力打击的重要手段。"自主性"是无人机系统区别于有人机最重要的技术特征,实现无人机系统的自主控制,提高其智能程度,是无人机系统的重要发展趋势。对无人机系统自主控制问题进行了阐述,首先分析了无人机系统自主控制技术的发展需求,然后介绍了自主控制的概念和自主等级的划分;分析了无人机系统自主控制技术的研究现状,提出了无人机系统自主控制的关键技术问题,主要包括体系结构、感知与认知、规划与控制、协同与交互等;最后对无人机系统自主控制技术的发展趋势进行了展望。     

巡航导弹航迹规划中雷达探测盲区的快速构造算法

现代防空系统对巡航导弹的低空飞行和突防造成极大的威胁,利用防空系统中预警雷达的探测盲区进行隐蔽飞行是提高巡航导弹生存能力的重要手段,在此雷达探测盲区的快速构造算法是关键。说明了什么是雷达探测盲区,分析了影响雷达探测盲区的三个主要因素,并就对巡航导弹影响最大的雷达地形遮蔽盲区构造了基于极坐标的快速算法,并用一个地形实例验证了该方法的有效性。