Optimizing the US Navy's combat logistics force

We study how changes to the composition and employment of the US Navy combat logistic force (CLF) influence our ability to supply our navy worldwide. The CLF consists of about 30 special transport ships that carry ship and aircraft fuel, ordnance, dry stores, and food, and deliver these to client combatant ships underway, making it possible for our naval forces to operate at sea for extended periods. We have modeled CLF operations to evaluate a number of transforming initiatives that simplify its operation while supporting an even larger number of client ships for a greater variety of missions. Our input is an employment schedule for navy battle groups of ships operating worldwide, extending over a planning horizon of 90–180 days. We show how we use optimization to advise how to sustain these ships. We have used this model to evaluate new CLF ship designs, advise what number of ships in a new ship class would be needed, test concepts for forward at‐sea logistics bases in lieu of conventional ports, demonstrate the effects of changes to operating policy, and generally try to show whether and how the CLF can support planned naval operations. Published 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 2008     

Effective attacks in the salvo combat model: Salvo sizes and quantities of targets

This article considers two related questions of tactics in the context of the salvo model for naval missile combat. For a given set of targets, how many missiles should be fired to produce an effective attack? For a given available salvo size, how many enemy targets should be fired at? In the deterministic version of the model I derive a simple optimality relationship between the number of missiles to fire and the number of targets to engage. In the stochastic model I employ the expected loss inflicted and the probability of enemy elimination as the main performance measures and use these to derive salvo sizes that are in some sense “optimal.” I find that the offensive firepower needed for an effective attack depends not only on a target's total strength but also on the relative balance between its active defensive power and passive staying power. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007     

水面舰艇防空武器射击效能评定

武器射击效能就是武器系统完成规定任务程度的度量,为了表征这种"有效程度",射击效能的评定必须采用某些数量指标.基于军事运筹学和概率统计学理论,采用国际上通用的评定指标对水面舰艇防空武器射击效能进行分析和研究,建立了单一防空武器系统和多种防空武器系统综合射击效能评定的数学模型,为水面舰艇防空武器射击效能的评定提供了一种方法.     

舰炮拦截靶弹试验的安全性分析

为充分考核末端反导舰炮武器系统的反导能力,结合末端反导舰炮武器系统拦截靶弹需求对威胁概率进行了分析,提出了相关计算模型,并给出了相应的计算结果。其思路及算法不仅直接适用于末端反导舰炮拦截靶弹的安全分析,对其它武器装备试验及训练的安全分析也具有一定的参考价值。     

基于主成分分析和神经网络的目标识别

采用主成分分析法将多项识别属性进行综合聚集,减少关联属性对识别的干扰,达到属性约简的目的。利用神经网络进行目标识别,通过优化训练策略,可以提高网络的收敛速度和泛化能力。主成分分析法与神经网络结合既能高效识别已知样本,又能对未知样本具有很强的自学与适应能力,从而有效地对海战场目标进行识别。通过对比仿真,证明了算法的有效性。     

海军舰艇编队防空导弹协同作战技术研究

主要以信息化条件下如何提升海军舰艇编队防空导弹作战能力为背景,重点描述协同指挥和协同制导作战的概念内涵、国内外研究现状、作战模式、主要实现的功能,给出不同指挥层次下各指挥节点的体系结构和功能定位,进而从信息场和功能界面等方面说明协同指挥和协同制导2个功能层次的区别.     

关于舰炮对岸校正诸元计算的研究

首次就舰炮对岸校正诸元的计算进行研究并建立数学模型,按此模型可正确解算舰炮对岸射击诸元,对从事舰炮火控系统研制人员具有参考价值。     

HEU FUEL CYCLE INVENTORIES AND PROGRESS ON GLOBAL MINIMIZATION

In 2007, 334 nuclear reactors (including for naval propulsion) and isotope production facilities employed highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel or target material. One year of operations at these reactors and facilities required more than 3,100 kilograms (kg) of HEU for naval propulsion, more than 750 kg for research reactors, and 40?–50 kg for isotope production in civilian facilities—in addition to several tons used in other types of reactors. Material with high enrichment levels and low radiation barriers stored or handled in large batches, such as HEU target waste and certain types of fuel from isotope production, research reactors/critical assemblies, and naval fuel, presents serious safety and security concerns. Forty-eight civilian research reactors have converted to low-enriched uranium as a result of a three-decade international effort to minimize HEU use, resulting in a decrease in HEU consumption of 278 kg per year. This article's establishment of baseline measurements for assessing the results of HEU minimization efforts calls for additional focus on the scope and methodology of HEU minimization. Facility decommissioning and dismantling should play a larger role in the future HEU minimization effort, materials with specific weapons-relevant properties should be given higher priority compared to bulk HEU material, and the use of large quantities of weapon-grade HEU fuel for naval propulsion should be reconsidered.     

舰炮一维弹道修正弹对岸校射方法研究

一维弹道修正弹是近年来兵器领域新研制的一种低成本信息化弹药,目前对其校射方法尚未有成熟的标准。为此,在分析一维弹道修正弹对岸射击工作原理、计算有无控弹试射的基础上,提出舰炮武器系统使用有控一维弹道修正弹的校射新方法,并确定了校射的组数和发数。分别对使用新方法前后的射击效能进行了数值仿真,结果表明本方法能极大地提高舰炮武器系统的射击效能。所提方法对舰炮武器作战效能的提高具有较强的理论价值和一定的参考意义。     

舰炮炮位半自动开环稳定瞄准系统

对于一些无法补偿舰艇摇摆的舰炮炮位半自动瞄准系统,稍加改造,采用一种结构简单,极易实现的开环稳定瞄准系统,在对海作战中可以获得较好的稳定效果。本文叙述了这种稳定系统的结构特点;分析了补偿效果;并介绍了工程上的设计方法。