Teaching Professional Ethos

This article investigates the communication of professional ethos, the ethical standards of a profession in training, from passing on ideas of patients’ welfare in medical schools to communicating values in military academies. The article examines this through a consideration of the consequences of Wittgenstein’s discussions on the nature of language: how words and sentences acquire meaning. Wittgenstein’s rule-following paradox, the paradox that any act can be brought into correspondence with a rule and thereby that any “meaning” might be applicable to what is being taught, must make us re-evaluate assumptions about a professional ethos as a guide for professionals in their future practice. If, as Wittgenstein asserts, the meaning of a word is its use, we must abandon ideas of an essence of professional ethos encapsulated in words. Ethical standards of the professions are not reducible to a set of rules. Instead teachers must seek to expand the learner’s repertoire of responses and invite different answers rather than a pre-established correct answer.     

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     

Some implications of pricing bundles

In this article, we consider a problem in which two suppliers can sell their respective products both individually and together as a bundle, and study the impact of bundle pricing. Four pricing models (centralized, decentralized, coop–comp, and comp–coop) are analyzed with regard to the competition formats and sequences. As one would expect, the firms are always better off when pricing decisions are centralized. However, rather surprisingly, we find that firms may be worse off if the bundle prices are set in a cooperative way; we provide analytical characterization of those instances. Numerical studies show that these insights also hold for some nonlinear demand. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2013     

A sequential attribute sampling inspection game for item facilities

The routine inspection of facilities storing large numbers of identical items is modeled as a two‐person, sequential game. Timely detection of illegal activity is parameterized in terms of a critical time to detection, and equilibria are derived which provide inspection strategies. Necessary conditions for deterrence of illegal behavior are discussed. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 48: 496–505, 2001     

两人多冲突环境下的双矩阵对策集结模型

针对用多个双矩阵对策来描述的两人多冲突环境,首先基于局中人所受到的约束条件,构造局中人面向多冲突环境的可行策略串集合;其次以所有局中人的可行策略串集合建立新的结局空间,构造局中人在新结局空间上的支付函数,进而建立两人多冲突环境下的对策综合集结模型;最后给出了一个军事例子,该算例说明了模型的实用性.     

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通过求解零初始速度下的无控相对运动距离最小值,分析了圆参考轨道下航天器近距离相对悬停的被动安全特性。航天器相对悬停的被动安全特性可描述为处于受控悬停状态的航天器在控制力消失后的相对运动轨迹与目标禁飞区之间的空交集状态,该问题可转换为求解零初始速度下的相对运动距离最小值。由于初始位置的不同,相对距离最小值点可能位于整数倍周期极小值或非整数倍周期极小值点,通过分析两种类型极小值点的存在条件以及极小值点为最小值点的分界条件得到临界被动安全悬停区域的计算方法。针对典型的相对悬停场景,仿真分析了平面圆和三维球形禁飞区约束下临界安全悬停区域,评估了模型误差和J_2摄动对悬停被动安全特性的影响。该分析方法可为具有被动安全特性的近距离悬停任务设计提供指导。     

航天器推进系统气液路故障仿真

为了研究和分析航天器推进系统气液路故障的发展变化规律及对整个推进系统性能的影响,在某挤压式航天器推进系统仿真模型的基础上,分别采用Realizable k-ε湍流模型和一维可压缩流模型对气路泄漏和堵塞故障进行动态仿真,采用一维不可压瞬变管流模型与变流量系数模型对液路泄漏和堵塞故障进行仿真分析。仿真结果表明:推进系统增压气路堵塞和泄漏故障,会导致增压不足,使推进剂供应管路压强下降;推进剂供应管路堵塞故障和泄漏故障会导致混合比偏离设计值,使推进系统性能降低。两类故障都会引起推力不足,致使系统性能降低。两者的不同之处在于:堵塞故障下,故障组件上游压强高于额定工况,推进剂消耗低于额定工况;泄漏故障下,故障组件上游压强低于额定工况,推进剂消耗高于额定工况。     

非对称Colonel Blotto博弈模型下的多信道功率分配抗干扰

针对智能干扰条件下传输速率固定的通信系统多信道功率分配问题,建立了非对称Colonel Blotto博弈模型。在完全信息条件下,推导出了各种功率预算约束下通信方和干扰方的等效单信道最优功率分配策略,进而证明了通信方和干扰方存在唯一混合纳什均衡策略,并求得了纳什均衡收益。基于等效单信道最优功率分布,提出了一种多重扫描直接列元素交换算法,可以快速构建多信道混合功率分配矩阵,且相比于线性规划方法,可适应更多的信道数和更广的功率分布范围。通过数值仿真,验证了所提多信道混合功率分配矩阵构造算法的有效性及多信道功率分配策略的最优性。     

空间碎片碰撞风险评估模型及其应用

以现有的空间碎片环境模型为基础,建立了一套空间碎片风险评估模型。该模型包括空间碎片环境、航天器有限元建模、几何遮挡处理以及碰撞概率计算四个模块。为了验证风险评估模型的精度及有效性,针对机构间空间碎片协调委员会指定的三种标准工况,将该计算结果与国内外已有的风险评估模型的计算结果进行比较,验证了风险评估模型的正确性。利用开发的风险评估模型,对立方体航天器遭遇空间碎片碰撞风险进行仿真评估与分析,给出了轨道高度、倾角以及航天器自身的姿态参数对航天器遭遇空间碎片碰撞风险的影响特性。     

基于多项式设计法的小推力轨迹设计

形状逼近法是小推力轨迹设计中的一种有效方法,然而现有的方法大都假定运动轨迹为某一特定的形状,而且没有考虑推力加速度的约束限制。针对小推力轨道交会问题,提出一种基于多项式的轨迹设计方法。结合极坐标系,建立基于多项式的三自由度轨迹运动模型,将轨迹设计问题转化为求解多项式的系数问题;根据运动模型推导轨迹的动力学特性,建立约束方程,并以消耗燃料最少作为性能指标,采用序列二次规划的方法对多项式的系数进行寻优计算。该方法不仅能求解多个形状设计参数不确定性问题,而且还能满足推力加速度的约束限制。仿真验证了该方法的正确性和可用性,该方法可为任务设计初步阶段的轨迹设计和燃料消耗预估提供一定的技术参考。