Efficient sequential decision‐making algorithms for container inspection operations

Following work of Stroud and Saeger (Proceedings of ISI, Springer Verlag, New York, 2006) and Anand et al. (Proceedings of Computer, Communication and Control Technologies, 2003), we formulate a port of entry inspection sequencing task as a problem of finding an optimal binary decision tree for an appropriate Boolean decision function. We report on new algorithms for finding such optimal trees that are more efficient computationally than those presented by Stroud and Saeger and Anand et al. We achieve these efficiencies through a combination of specific numerical methods for finding optimal thresholds for sensor functions and two novel binary decision tree search algorithms that operate on a space of potentially acceptable binary decision trees. The improvements enable us to analyze substantially larger applications than was previously possible. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2011     

模糊多属性决策理论在防空兵作战能力评估中的应用

针对防空兵系统特点,运用模糊多属性决策理论探索防空兵作战能力评估问题。构建了模糊多属性评估算法,结合具体的数学工具建立了模糊多属性评估模型,经过三级模糊综合评估得出评估结论。经实例检验该方法在防空兵作战能力评估中具有较好的应用价值,另外该方法在其他领域也具有较好的推广价值。     

基于模糊时间Petri网的决策融合模型及时间推理

针对常规导弹旅作战指挥决策过程中伴随大量随机、并发情况的特点,提出利用线性逻辑给出的模糊时间Petri网来描述作战指挥决策融合过程。通过建立相应的FTPN模型,并利用时间推理的方法来分析模糊时间Petri网的运行行为,说明其在作战指挥决策融合中的应用。     

基于多子网语言决策图的空管体系绩效评估

为评估空管体系综合绩效水平,制定了关键绩效领域和指标,提出基于多子网语言决策图的群体评估模型。采用多子网策略分析领域及指标间的影响关系,应用语言尺度辅助群体专家建立了领域及指标间的初始判断矩阵和影响连接矩阵。给出了模型的求解方法,在求得各子网内准则的全局权重后,聚合即可得到体系的综合评估值。案例分析表明,相比于不考虑领域及指标间影响的情况,模型结果能更客观、全面地展示各领域及指标的权重,更显著地揭示空管体系间的差距。     

基于模糊多属性决策的装备维修行为选择

针对装备保障行动中维修行为决策在实践中存在的问题,借助于多属性决策方法和模糊理论,提出基于模糊多属性决策的装备维修行为决策,在分析装备维修行为的影响因素和约束条件的基础上,建立了装备维修行为决策的模型方法,并进行了实例分析。研究表明,该方法能有效降低维修保障费用、缩短维修保障时间和提高维修保障效率。     

The African Standby Force: The African Union’s tool for the maintenance of peace and security

Declared operationally ready in 2016, the African Standby Force (ASF) has not been deployed in its originally designed form. This is not for the lack of opportunities but rather a demonstration of the power of the Regional Economic Communities/Regional Mechanisms (RECs/RMs) – Africa’s sub-regional security structures – over matters of peace and security. Experience gathered from its short existence suggests that the ASF may never be deployed in its current form. It may instead evolve into a robust framework, adaptable mainly by the RECs/RMs, for addressing varied security challenges. Four things are critical to enhancing the utility of the ASF: the political willingness of the RECs/RMs, the strategic interest of the member states, predictable and sustainable financing, and clarity on the role of the African Capability for Immediate Response to Crisis, the temporary battlegroup that was created to provide the African Union with a rapid response capability, pending the ASF’s operationalization.     

An interactive procedure for selecting acceptable alternatives in the presence of multiple criteria

In this paper, we consider the multiple criteria decision‐making problem of partitioning alternatives into acceptable and unacceptable sets. We develop interactive procedures for the cases when the underlying utility function of the decision maker is linear, quasiconcave, and general monotone. We present an application of the procedures to the problem of admitting students to the master's degree program at the Industrial Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 48: 592–606, 2001.     

专家系统和多目标决策理论在抗沉决策系统中的应用

应用专家系统理论建立了抗沉规则库,确定了方案产生逻辑,同时运用多目标决策理论中的简单加性加权法建立了数学模型,对多方案抗沉效果进行了综合评估．成功地解决了舰艇生命力指标间的相互制约、相互影响的问题,为抗沉优化决策提供了新的思路和方法．     

What explains the failure of U.S. army reconstruction in Afghanistan?

ABSTRACT

This author wrote his doctorate thesis on post-conflict army reconstruction, submitting it in 2011. Continued research on the subject in the intervening seven years indicates that his theoretical propositions can be refined and improved. This article examines refinements to the model, and then applies those refinements in detail to the Afghan case. In so doing, it shifts the focus from potentially altruistic state-building to a case that was driven by pure national-strategic interests. Issues surrounding the liberal peace ideology dominate recent army reconstruction in conflict-affected states. The liberal peace underpinning is of supreme importance, so much so that in many discussions, it is internalised and accepted virtually without thought. This paper will advance the body of knowledge by establishing, for the first time, a theoretical basis for the widespread failure of army reconstruction in Afghanistan. The empirical basis builds on extensive previous research by other scholars. The resulting model can also be applied to better explain outcomes in other similar cases.     

基于效用分析的武器装备发展方案决策

武器装备发展方案效用决策分析的目的就是以一定的方法和途径,根据决策者对武器装备发展所涉及的各项决策准则的偏好及其对各决策备选方案可能出现风险程度的态度,诱导出决策者对于各项准则的效用函数,从而以诱导的形式综合出各决策备选方案的综合效用,以获得决策者认为是最满意的决策方案.