“Respect” as a personal attribute in the British Army

This article describes the results of research into the social phenomenon of “respect” as framed by junior members of the British Army, as part of a wider study into the Values and Standards of the British Army. This research was interview based, using qualitative analysis software to detect, manage, and draw conclusions from the qualitative data recorded in those interviews. The data indicated that the primary situation in which “respect” was visualised by the participants was the unit context, and that it comprised a combination of three different strands: respect for rank or “hierarchical respect,” “professional respect” for a person's military competence, and “personal respect” for an individual's character, personal behaviour, and attributes. The overall respect that an individual is given arises from the combination of these three areas. “Respect” as a concept was, in the soldiers’ characterisation, something that had to be earned (except for the “given” represented by rank) and was not stable: a person's fund of respect could go up or down in social value. Respect was also linked to trust: the more respect a person had, the more they could be trusted. Although the unit context was the primary one for discussing their framing of the concept of respect, many of the participants reported a wider dimension in which every human being deserves a basic level of respect simply for being human, and this level could not be forfeited.     

Sexual and gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Commitment by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to addressing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the country is reflected in a number of international commitments and national strategies. This article traces the (slow) progress in addressing some of the most important issues relating to SGBV to which the government has committed itself. It argues that unless the underlying gender norms and unequal power relations that form the basis of gender violence, discrimination and inequality in Congolese society are addressed, SGBV will persist.     

Women,peace and security in Africa

This article highlights and critiques the underlying conceptualisations and assumptions of the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda that emerged with the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 in 2000. The main argument is that we need to rethink the WPS agenda to produce more holistic and groundbreaking responses for the types of challenges encountered, i.e., that gender inequality and insecurity are deep rooted and multi-layered, and thus negate mechanistic responses that do not deal with cultural and structural issues. It specifically focuses on gender and peace-making and gender and peacekeeping to point to the pitfalls in the current conceptions and practices in this arena.     

装备使用阶段后续备件采购模型Π:可修复件

针对装备使用阶段可修复件的采购优化问题,引入近似拉普拉斯需求概率分布代替正态分布,建立了采购间隔期内的备件短缺函数。根据供应链系统库存控制论,建立了可修备件的采购模型。通过对可修件周转渠道的分析,对采购短缺指标进行了修订,并给出了最优采购点和采购量的计算方法。对两种需求分布下的算例结果进行了对比和分析,结果表明:该模型得到的结果鲁棒性强、偏差小,优化过程简单,为故障率高、消耗量低的可修件采购方案的确定提供了一种新的思路。     

基于领域本体的舰船装备维修保障知识表示研究

针对舰船装备维修保障领域维修保障知识缺乏有效统一管理、共享和重用程度低等问题,将领域本体理论引入维修保障知识管理中,提出了基于全寿命周期的舰船装备维修保障知识本体建模方法。分析舰船装备维修保障领域知识的来源、分类和构成,构建了装备维修保障领域的顶层本体及其概念关系。重点介绍了维修保障知识中故障案例知识的本体建模表示,并提出了基于预检索的全局故障案例知识检索算法,建立了原型系统并应用验证。结果表明:该方法能够解决目前维修保障知识管理中存在的问题,提高了知识检索效率。     

自适应控制中的Hartley块算法及实验

针对小波包自适应控制子频带内包含大量卷积和相关运算导致算法收敛速度慢的问题,提出基于Hartley块的小波包滤波最小均方算法。将快速Hartley变换引入块算法,实现频域内快速卷积和相关运算;在子频带内应用Hartley块算法生成控制信号,通过重叠保留法提出基于Hartley块的小波包滤波最小均方算法;通过仿真和实验研究了定频和扫频两种工况下的隔振性能和控制效果。结果表明,基于Hartley块的小波包滤波最小均方算法不仅可以大幅缩短收敛时间,还能显著提高控制精度,且鲁棒性和稳定性良好,能够很好地应用在工程实际中。     

电子干扰条件下基于攻击区指挥引导效能评估

针对传统指挥引导效能评估方法缺少对电子干扰因素定量分析的问题,在基于攻击区空战态势评估的基础上,提出了一种考虑电子干扰因素的超视距空战指挥引导效能评估模型。分析电子干扰对导弹攻击区的影响,从指挥引导目的态势分析入手,选取空战能力指数威胁函数和基于空空导弹攻击区的空战态势威胁函数两个指标,进行加权综合建立指挥引导效能评估函数,通过仿真计算验证了该模型的有效性。     

同时收发认知抗干扰系统的改进能量检测算法

为增强复杂电磁环境中同时收发认知抗干扰通信系统的性能,研究了基于该系统的改进能量检测算法,推导出瑞利衰落信道中系统的检测概率、虚警概率及中断概率的理论表达式。该改进方法思想是将自干扰信道容量与接收机所需传输速率进行比较,通过比较结果确定能量检测门限值。仿真结果表明,改进能量检测算法能够有效地降低自干扰信号对同时收发认知抗干扰接收机的不利影响,提升系统的中断性能。     

综合射频系统在新型装甲平台中的应用

为了应对未来信息化战争对坦克装甲平台电子射频系统提出的更高要求,提出将综合射频系统应用在新型装甲平台上。该系统采用综合孔径方式设计,可完成对空目标搜索、精确跟踪、威胁判断、电子对抗、火力指引、毁伤评估等功能,在装甲平台防护中具有至关重要的作用。首先,介绍了装甲平台的多功能综合射频系统;其次,详细分析了该系统的组成、功能和特点,简要描述了作战中的应用模式;最后,针对综合射频系统在新型坦克装甲平台的进一步应用提出了发展建议。