After ISAF: partners and proxies in Afghanistan after 2014

The conclusion of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan at the end of 2014 has generated substantial uncertainty about the duration and level of international commitment to Afghanistan. The fate of local allies of international forces is therefore deeply in doubt. This article is of necessity speculative rather than empirical, but it attempts to draw on the history of previous intervention in Afghanistan as well as more general patterns of local and external alliance to sketch plausible scenarios for the fate of local allies. It proceeds in four parts. First, it draws distinctions between different types of local allies in Afghanistan based on position and relationship to the Afghan state and an external actor. Second, it examines the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan for relevant lessons for the fate of local allies. Third, it presents a scenario based on the foregoing that assumes there will be an ongoing small but significant international military presence and accompanying resources. Fourth, it presents a scenario that assumes there will be no or minimal international military presence and accompanying resources.     

机动条件下的公共计算平台研究

针对未来战术机动系统的作战要求,利用面向服务技术体制(SOA),结合段集成机制,提出了构建机动系统的轻量级公共计算平台。平台从层次上划分为系统服务层、核心服务层、基础服务层和公共应用服务四个层次,每个层次通过编程接口向上层提供服务,以支持机动系统的动态演化、灵活配置、动态部署与系统间的互操作和信息共享。     

Network design for time‐constrained delivery

To meet customer demand, delivery companies are offering an increasing number of time‐definite services. In this article, we examine the strategic design of delivery networks which can efficiently provide these services. Because of the high cost of direct connections, we focus on tree‐structured networks. As it may not be possible to identify a tree‐structured network that satisfies all of the delivery guarantees, we allow these guarantees to be violated but seek to minimize the sum of the violations. We establish the complexity of the problem and exploit an empirically identified solution structure to create new neighborhoods which improve solution values over more general neighborhood structures. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2008     

流编程模型下的存储一致性模型

在流编程模型下建立了一个新的存储一致性模型--流一致性模型,它比传统的释放一致性模型更加松弛.讨论了流一致性模型对程序设计和系统设计的要求,给出了一个正确的系统实现,并且指出流一致性模型的编程和实现并不比现有的一致性模型复杂.     

支持多剧情并发执行的仿真克隆中间件机制研究

仿真克隆可以提高分布式离散事件仿真的效率和并行性,方便快捷地对仿真中的多种可能性进行分析、比较和评估.介绍仿真克隆的相关概念,分析HLA环境下封装式仿真克隆中间件的不足,提出并设计一种支持多剧情并发的拦截式HLA仿真克隆中间件,讨论基于该拦截式仿真克隆中间件的HLA仿真成员体系结构,并对联邦成员的时间延迟性能进行测试,测试结果表明该松耦合结构使联邦成员产生的时间延迟是有限且基本稳定的,基于拦截式仿真克隆中间件方法是可行的.     

基于新型非易失内存的远程零拷贝文件系统

为提升物联网与边缘计算应用中前端节点间的数据访问效率,提出了一种新型远程零拷贝文件系统。该文件系统无须借助特殊硬件,可直接基于通用网卡设备实现零拷贝的数据传输框架;充分利用新型非易失内存的随机访问特性,尽可能减少数据缓存和拷贝,提高数据访问的吞吐量。建立缓冲区池,精简并融合传统网络栈和存储栈,从而缩短文件访问路径,减少软件冗余,降低数据访问延迟。最终提供高带宽、低延迟的远程数据访问性能。测试结果表明,远程零拷贝文件系统比传统网络文件系统减少了42.26%～99.19%的读写延迟,细粒度访问下的吞吐量最高可提升1297倍,显著降低了处理器开销和缓存失效次数。     

基于云计算的航天发射场业务网络体系架构

随着信息技术的不断发展,网络信息系统正不断向云计算、大数据不断演进。本文针对当前航天发射场网络体系存在的不足,结合信息技术发展趋势,提出了基于云计算的航天发射场网络体系架构设计。同时,结合航天发射场网络体系架构现状和实际,提出了首先实现发射场中心数据处理能力云化,再逐步实现发射场装备终端云化的演进策略,最终实现无中心化的分布式网络体系架构,将为有效解决航天业务信息系统体系弹性差、体系对抗能力弱等突出问题提供可选方案。     

适应低时延业务需求的分布式可穿戴单兵作战信息系统

针对云计算应用在单兵作战系统场景下业务处理时延高、服务质量无法保障的问题,提出一种基于可穿戴计算的分布式单兵作战信息系统。利用士兵身上的可穿戴智能设备构建本地计算层,在作战地点就近处理计算数据,提供给士兵本地的信息处理与融合能力,并采用广义扩散负载均衡算法平衡各设备负载,降低业务处理时延;同时利用分布式计算的容错能力增强系统的可靠性。仿真结果表明,基于可穿戴设备的分布式本地网络架构能有效地降低作战任务的处理时延,同时增强系统的可靠性。     

Reforming the bras tendus? The Congolese National Police reforms, 2003–2016

The security sector reform (SSR) programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has failed, according to a former high-level member of the United Nations (UN) mission in the DRC, as a large section of the country remains outside government control, and the security institutions of the state continue to constitute one of the predominant sources of insecurity for the local population in a number of ways. Based on several field studies, this article critically scrutinises the SSR of the Congolese National Police (Police nationale congolaise; PNC) and the efforts to reform it between 2004 and 2016. It further attempts to explain why so little progress was made in the SSR of the PNC, despite extensive involvement from donors. The article shows that the instrumental and traditional approach to SSR is partly to blame, because in this case it failed to address the root problems and initiate the needed fundamental reform and reconstruction of the police force. It also shows that reforming local security institutions becomes even more difficult when the local authorities do not support the effort.     

一种面向大规模HLA仿真的并行区域匹配算法

HLA仿真中,数据分发管理实现基于值的过滤,可以有效减少盟员接收冗余数据的可能性和网络中的数据流量。大规模HLA仿真系统在仿真推进中需要大量的区域匹配计算以维护数据分发管理的正确性。现有的区域匹配算法大多需要对所有区域进行匹配计算,造成了大量计算资源的浪费;同时,主要基于串行匹配思想,难以充分发挥多核平台的并行计算优势。针对现有区域匹配算法的局限性,提出了一种面向大规模HLA仿真的并行区域匹配算法,该算法能够实现对一次仿真推进中多个改变区域的并行匹配计算,同时在匹配计算中采用基于移动相交的基本思想,利用区域范围移动前后的历史信息,将匹配限定在移动区间之内,减少了大量的无关计算。理论分析与实验结果表明该算法尤其适合基于多核计算平台构建大规模分布式仿真的应用需求。