Kinetic responses to global terrorism: Lessons from Africa

This essay recalls the immediate and longer-term responses of the US and its allies to the events of 9/11. It contends that the die for contemporary developments in transnational terrorism was cast in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 – in particular the launching of sustained ‘anti-terrorist’ military combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and more covert ‘kinetic’ operations elsewhere in the Middle East and Africa. The essay seeks specifically to expose the counter-productivity of using military operations as the primary antidote to transnational terrorism. Focusing on the African ‘laboratory’ and the spread of transnational terrorism and Islamic militancy, particularly in West and East Africa, the essay concludes that radical Islamists have mastered the ‘battle of the narrative’ and that the Western penchant for dispensing a kinetic brand of medication is feeding rather than fighting the virus of global terrorism.     

What Sticks? The Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Course in Military Ethics and its Perceived Outcomes

Ethics training has become a common phenomenon in the training of military professionals at all levels. However, the perceived outcomes of this training remain open. In this article, we analyze the experiences of course participants who were interviewed 6–12 months after they had participated in a train-the-trainer course in military ethics developed by the Faculty of Military Sciences of the Netherlands Defence Academy. Through qualitative inductive analysis, it is shown how participants evaluate the training, how they perceive the development of their moral competence, and how they see the impact of the training on their own training practice.     

To catch an intruder: Part A—uncluttered scenario

We analyze an interdiction scenario where an interceptor attempts to catch an intruder as the intruder moves through the area of interest. A motivating example is the detection and interdiction of drug smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean. We study two models in this article. The first considers a nonstrategic target that moves through the area without taking evasive action to avoid the interdictor. We determine the optimal location the interceptor should position itself to best respond when a target arrives. The second model analyzes the strategic interaction between the interceptor and intruder using a Blotto approach. The intruder chooses a route to travel on and the interceptor chooses a route to patrol. We model the interaction as a two‐player game with a bilinear payoff function. We compute the optimal strategy for both players and examine several extensions. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 64: 29–40, 2017     

基于动态流能量高效的无线传感网路由算法

针对无线传感网中结点能量受限,提出了一种基于动态流能量高效的路由算法DFEERA(Dynamic Flow-based Energy-Efficient Routing Algorithm)。该算法通过在无线传感网内设置多个基站收集区域内传感器结点的数据流拓扑结构建立数据传输能量消耗模型,将该模型转换为最大流问题求解最优传输路径,作为某时期内结点数据传输路径。随着结点能量的消耗,动态调整该能量消耗模型重新规划路径,作为新的传输路径,从而平衡结点间的能量消耗,提高网络结点的存活率。仿真结果表明,与其他典型的路由算法相比,DFEERA能够更好地平衡结点的能耗,获得更高的能量消耗率和更长的网络生存期。     

美关岛基地战略前景分析

关岛是美军在西太平洋地区的重要战略支撑点,既是战略轰炸机基地,又是海军在西太主要的作战、后勤保障中心,还是海军陆战队的集结基地,军力可有效辐射西太地区。对于美军来说,关岛具有政治可持续性、地理位置优越、自身规模适宜等自身优势,同时也面临着远程打击威胁增多、军力部署集中与分散两难、盟友顾虑被抛弃等问题。美国将持续加大对关岛的军事力量建设投入,进一步加强关岛在西太的军事核心地位。     

武警无人机应用发展研究

武警部队非战争军事行动不断延伸,为满足遂行多样化任务的需要,武警无人机发展势在必行。借助军民融合优势,强化已有机型功能,拓展研发适合各警种任务特点的新机型,分析并提出武警无人机未来发展方向,以期为提升各警种联合行动效能提供思路。     

基于CNKI数据的军民融合研究进展及未来趋势

军民融合是跨军地、跨部门、跨领域的复杂系统工程,是全面建成小康社会进程中实现强军和富国兼顾的必由之路,分析我国军民融合研究演化过程以及知识基础,可为我国军民融合提供理论支撑,对我国军事建设与经济发展具有重要意义。本文通过cnki数据库,搜集有关军民融合相关文献。从关键词、作者及研究机构等方面绘制相关知识图谱,理顺当前军民融合研究脉络,了解军民融合研究现状与发展趋势。按照绘制的军民融合知识图谱和相关数据,对军民融合研究进行总结,为将来军民融合研究提供参考。     

粒子PHD滤波存活粒子采样新方法

针对多目标跟踪粒子概率假设密度滤波算法中存活粒子的重要性密度采样问题,给出一种结合最新量测信息的存活粒子重要性密度采样新方法.该方法根据最新量测集中的各个最测与目标粒子的单步预测状态的似然值,以概率选取量测值,利用无迹变换获得粒子的重要性密度函数,并对其进行采样实现粒子概率假设密度滤波中存活粒子的采样,有效地减轻了粒子的退化现象. 3目标跟踪仿真试验中,当目标模型与跟踪算法使用的目标模型不匹配时,采用所提出的存活粒子采样方法的粒子概率假设密度滤波算法最优子模式分配距离下降约70km.论文给出的存活粒子采样新方法显著地提高了多目标跟踪粒子概率假设密度滤波算法的鲁棒性.     

线粘弹性材料中三维裂纹问题的加料有限元法

将加料有限元法扩展应用于线粘弹性材料三维断裂问题.为了反映裂纹尖端的奇异性,在裂尖附近的奇异区采用若干八节点六面体加料单元和过渡单元,非奇异区采用常规八节点六面体单元.三种单元分区混合使用形成求解域网格划分.基于Boltzmann叠加原理,推导了粘弹性材料的增量型本构关系,进而获得了增量加料有限元列式,并通过附加自由度计算粘弹性介质中裂纹应变能量释放率.数值算例验证了方法的正确性和有效性.     

中国当代社会转型探析

中国当代的社会转型 ,决不是笼统地从“传统社会”转向“现代社会” ,而是从初级阶段的社会主义向发达社会主义的转型。这样定位 ,有着充分的理论根据 ,其中最重要的就是我国在转型目标和价值取向、转型道路、途径和方法以及转型所处时代背景和国际环境等方面 ,都有自己的特殊性。只有这样认识我国的社会转型 ,才能与“西化”划清界限