Resource Dependence and Armed Violence: Impact on Sustainability in Developing Countries

The dependence on oil, gas, and mineral exports arguably has a negative impact on economic growth in resource-rich, developing countries. This article looks at the impact of resource dependence on adjusted net savings (ANS) as an indicator of weak sustainability. Our results, based on a panel of 104 developing countries during the recent commodity price boom, confirm a negative relationship between resource extraction and sustainable development as measured by ANS. We further look at the specific role of armed conflict and armed violence as captured by the homicide rate. Armed conflict, which is positively associated with resource dependence, negatively affects ANS per capita according to both our OLS and instrumental variables (IV) estimates. Similarly, armed violence has a detrimental effect on sustainable development. Our IV estimate suggests that a one-point increase in the homicide rate decreases ANS per capita by $60. Since education expenditures are a critical ANS component, we further examine the impact of resource dependence and violence on human capital. Consistent with previous findings, resource-dependent countries underinvest in education but armed conflict and violence do not affect the instantaneous share of education expenditures, hinting at a detrimental effect working through physical and social capital rather than education.     

航天器调度中的资源约束推理方法

资源水平边界的估计是构建资源利用可行计划中的一个基础问题。通过分析航天器资源约束的共享与分离并存、累积与瞬时消耗并存、过度订阅与区间调度并存等特点,提出了资源时间网络、时间约束网络和约束网络相结合的资源约束描述方法;构建了增量式基于包络的资源约束算法和最早开始时间链展开资源约束算法,以快速获取资源一致的柔性解。实例证明,该方法较好地解决了航天器调度的资源约束推理问题。     

基于改进匈牙利算法的多技能人员调度方法

人员的优化配置对于提高装备制造效率具有重要意义。针对经典匈牙利算法不能解决具有并联环节的人员指派问题的不足,提出利用虚拟工作代替并联环节,将问题转化为典型的指派问题;通过判断虚拟工作的可实现性,迭代搜索得到最优解。以某多技能人员任务指派系统为例,详细介绍了该优化方法的步骤。优化结果很好地验证了改进算法的有效性。     

使用 Visual Basic 4.0 开发多媒体数据库

ＶｉｓｕａｌＢａｓｉｃ４．０是一门通用的程序语言,可以用于编制各种不同功能的应用程序,尤其对于编制数据库管理程序更有独到之处．而多媒体数据库的应用是当前人们关注的焦点,文中针对ＶｉｓｕａｌＢａｓｉｃ４．０的特点,结合数据库与多媒体的知识,介绍了如何编制一个灵活实用的多媒体数据库管理程序．     

BUTTER,GUNS AND ICE‐CREAM THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM SUB‐SAHARAN AFRICA

This paper is intended to complement the existing literature on civil wars. First, it presents a simple theoretical model of conflict that defines a two‐sector economy. In a contested sector, two agents struggle to appropriate the maximum possible fraction of a contestable output. In an uncontested sector, they hold secure property rights over the production of some goods. Agents split their resource endowment between ‘butter’, ‘guns’ and ‘ice‐cream’. Following the theoretical insights the empirical analysis focuses on the relationship between civil wars and different sectors of the economy. In particular, a panel probit specification shows that the incidence of a civil war decreases in the size of manufacturing sector.     

多目标多决策者环境下防空反导装备体系资源分配与优化

作战体系具有层次高、规模大,各作战分系统间协调配合密切的特征。在作战任务中,这种多层次、多系统、多决策者、多目标的结构使得对各作战子系统的武器装备分配变得更为复杂。为解决此类复杂结构的优化问题,在层次化多目标分析方法基础之上,将层次系统的风险管理引入到模型中来,形成多目标多决策者资源分配模型多目标多决策者资源分配模型,用以解决在不确定风险环境下进行多目标资源分配的问题。利用MOMDRA模型建模空袭风险下防空反导体系的武器装备分配问题,在求解该模型的过程中采用系统分解的思路,利用权重法,站在不同决策者的角度得到该体系的Pareto最优资源分配方案,并通过一个实例来说明此方法的可行性。     

基于优先级队列的多约束无线链路资源调度算法

针对海战场环境中指控数据以先入先出(FIFO)的方式排队发往数据链,当数据链中存在丢失率高和不可达节点时,会导致无线链路带宽资源综合利用率不高的问题,结合仿真模型分析了原因,提出了基于优先级队列的多约束无线链路资源调度算法。通过将该算法与FIFO、优先级队列算法(Priority Queue)进行仿真对比分析,结果表明该算法在存在排队报文时增加了丢失率较低链路上的发送速率,减少了目的不可达报文的发送量,最终降低了重要报文的延迟,提高了数据链的利用率。     

THE ‘PRICE’ OF TERRORISM

Security measures are said to increase the price of terrorism. This price has not been hitherto defined in an economically meaningful way. This paper provides a precise definition by treating the terrorists’ resource endowment as a parcel of contingent claims to political influence with a price equal to the summed value of those contingent claims in potential states of the world. Equipped with this definition, an equilibrium model of the price of terrorism is deployed. Important insights are gained into the effect of terrorists’ risk aversion at the level of the price of terrorism in different states of the world and the theoretical conclusion is reached that higher security is associated with a lower price of terrorism rather than a higher price. The implications for policy are discussed.