Ethnic crises and national security in Nigeria

The article focuses on the interface between ethnicity and national security in Nigeria. It critically explores the negative mobilization of ethnicity in Nigeria's fourth republic, and how this has been shaping (and reshaping) the democratization process, particularly in the management of cooperation and conflict over contestations for power and other resources. The re-democratization of Nigeria in 1999 has been preceded with high expectations of meaningful reductions in the high level of insecurity witnessed under the long years of military suzerainty. However, this has not been the case. Rather, what is obtained is an increase in national insecurity on a much larger scale. This article argues that one of the banes of national security in the Nigerian state is ethnic politics, which continues to witness changes in context and character with grave consequences for the future of democracy. The central argument is that ethnicity has always been a major driver of politics and conflicts in Nigeria and the trend is not likely to change anytime soon.     

2014nccet：闪存阵列的可重构策略

利用低延迟、低功耗、高可靠的NAND Flash构建闪存存储阵列是实现高性能存储系统的有效手段。但应用传统RAID技术构建闪存存储阵列,会引入磨损均衡,校验数据更新频繁导致阵列生命周期降低等问题。针对闪存固有的读写特性,设计实现了一种基于NAND Flash的高性能RAID机制——基于缓存的可重构RAID策略（Cache-Based Reconfigurable RAID,CBR-RAID）。该机制采用可重构条带的思想,利用非易失存储器SCM（Storage Class Memory）作为缓存,对数据顺序重组。实验结果表明该策略能够有效降低垃圾回收开销,提高闪存阵列的性能和使用寿命     

Model parameter estimation and residual life prediction for a partially observable failing system

We consider a partially observable degrading system subject to condition monitoring and random failure. The system's condition is categorized into one of three states: a healthy state, a warning state, and a failure state. Only the failure state is observable. While the system is operational, vector data that is stochastically related to the system state is obtained through condition monitoring at regular sampling epochs. The state process evolution follows a hidden semi‐Markov model (HSMM) and Erlang distribution is used for modeling the system's sojourn time in each of its operational states. The Expectation‐maximization (EM) algorithm is applied to estimate the state and observation parameters of the HSMM. Explicit formulas for several important quantities for the system residual life estimation such as the conditional reliability function and the mean residual life are derived in terms of the posterior probability that the system is in the warning state. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the applicability of the estimation procedure and failure prediction method. A comparison results with hidden Markov modeling are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed model. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 190–205, 2015     

高超声速飞行器新息滤波交互式多模型跟踪算法

研究临近空间高超声速飞行器在运动特点,针对强杂波环境下高速、高机动目标跟踪问题,提出用新息滤波减小观测噪声以修正模型概率更新过程的算法。Monte-Carlo仿真结果表明:该算法可以有效减小量测噪声对系统滤波的影响,提高滤波精度,在临近空间强杂波环境下具有较好的跟踪精度,具有一定工程实用价值。     

面向任务的有人机/无人机协同对地攻击概率模型

有人机/无人机协同对地攻击是未来空对地打击的主要作战样式,如何评估其协同作战的效能是军地双方共同面对的重要课题。首先根据完成对地攻击任务的4个环节建立了对地攻击的总概率模型;然后基于桥联模型建立了各个环节的概率模型;最后给出了一架有人机协同两架无人机对地攻击的算例,并对模型反算、协同与非协同对比以及多波次攻击等问题进行了讨论和分析,验证了模型良好可用性和广泛适用性。     

采用状态转移矩阵的拦截中段制导方法

基于相对运动理论提出拦截中段制导方法。方法原理为,将拦截器初始轨迹与施加修正后的轨迹视为一主一从两空间目标,以相对运动理论描述从目标相对于主目标的运动规律,于是初始的修正量可由终点处相对状态求解。给出了一般形式的相对运动模型,运用几何法与变分法推导得到了J2摄动影响下相对运动的状态转移矩阵,在此基础上,提出了采用状态转移矩阵的拦截中段制导方法。仿真算例表明,提出的方法能够为工程实际中的拦截中段制导提供有效支持。     

面向应急管理计算实验的模型构建和模型管理

基于人工社会的计算实验使应急管理的定量分析与研究成为可能。然而,应急管理模型涉及多个学科与领域,具有多层次、非线性和多粒度等特点,需要一套规范的流程来指导人工社会的模型建立和模型管理。论文梳理了面向应急管理的模型体系,提出了基于领域特定建模的人工社会建模方法,解决了多领域建模问题;研究了模型的形式化描述与编码问题,并实现了模型的有效管理;结合"甲型H1N1"病程模型,详细论述了模型的构建方法与管理问题,为面向应急管理的计算实验提供一体化的模型服务。     

闪存阵列的可重构策略

利用低延迟、低功耗、高可靠的闪存芯片构建闪存存储阵列是实现高性能存储系统的有效手段。但应用传统磁盘阵列技术构建闪存存储阵列,会引入磨损均衡、校验数据更新频繁导致阵列生命周期降低等问题。针对闪存固有的读写特性,设计实现了一种基于NAND Flash的高性能磁盘阵列机制——基于缓存的可重构磁盘阵列策略。该机制采用可重构条带的思想,利用存储等级的内存作为缓存,对数据顺序重组。实验结果表明:该策略能够有效降低垃圾回收开销,提高闪存阵列的性能和使用寿命。     

基于改进Rao-Blackwellized粒子滤波的WSN被动目标跟踪

Rao-Blackwellized粒子滤波虽然适合系统状态包含线性高斯分量的非线性状态估计,但是由于其计算量较大,不适用于实时性较高的被动目标跟踪情况。针对Rao-Blackwellized粒子滤波的不足,提出了改进的Rao-Blackwellized粒子滤波算法用于WSN被动目标跟踪。新的算法由一个粒子滤波和一个卡尔曼滤波组成,在执行过程中,粒子滤波和卡尔曼滤波相互交换信息,并行运行。计算机仿真结果表明,新的算法能够更好地减少计算量,提高跟踪的实时性。     

基于三对Bell态纠缠交换的QDKD方案

提出了一种基于三对Bell态纠缠交换的量子确定性密钥分发方案(Quantum Deterministic Key Distribution,QDKD),该方案充分利用量子纠缠交换的原理,通过对三对Bell态进行纠缠、测量操作,并辅以经典信息实现确定性密钥的分发,方案中任何窃听行为都会被及时发现。同基于两对Bell态纠缠交换的QDKD方案相比,协议利用三对Bell态并使用两种方法实现确定性密钥信息的分发。分析结果表明,方案仅用到两粒子纠缠态,没有涉及任何幺正操作,操作性强,密钥分发效率高。