面向空中目标威胁评估的多传感器管理方法

为了降低在空中目标威胁评估任务中由于威胁评估结果的不准确性和传感器辐射所带来的潜在损失，提出了一种基于风险的多传感器管理方法。首先，基于部分可观马尔可夫决策过程建立了传感器管理模型；然后，给出了基于信息状态的威胁评估风险和传感器辐射风险的预测方法以量化潜在损失；接着，为获得更优的作战收益，以多步风险预测值为决策依据，以两种风险的加权和最小为优化目标建立了长期目标函数；最后，在求解目标函数时，将传感器管理问题转化为决策树搜索，设计了一种基于分支定界的标准代价搜索算法以快速获得高质量的管理方案。仿真实验表明，所提算法能够在搜索到高质量解的同时大幅减少计算时间和内存消耗；所提方法能够对风险进行准确预测，且相比于经典的传感器管理方法，所提方法具有更好的风险控制效果。     

Spatial Thinking Across the College Curriculum: A Report on a Specialist Meeting

This report presents findings from a specialist meeting of spatially-minded researchers and administrators from education and industry to consider prospects for introducing courses and curricula on spatial thinking in higher education. More than 40 participants explored the rationale for expanding student exposure to concepts, tools, and applications of spatial reasoning across a range of science, engineering, and humanities disciplines. The focus was on what we know and what we need to know to make the case for space, underscoring basic research on what is meant by spatial thinking and on variations in the spatial reasoning skills required in different domains of knowledge. The need for rigorous assessments of learning outcomes associated with different approaches to teaching spatial thinking was emphasized.     

应用模糊变权的启发式搜索进行飞行轨迹优化

回顾了军机轨迹优化问题的提出及研究历史，介绍了几种主要方法的特点，特别是启发式搜索算法应用于飞行轨迹优化问题时存在的主要问题。提出为了得到较好的近优路径而采取的模糊变权处理方法。通过计算不同加权下解的情况，说明模糊变权方法是使加权随具体情况作相应调整的有效手段，为提高飞行路径规划系统的有效性开辟了一个新思路。     

Route generation and description using the notions of object's influence area and spatial conceptual map

In the GRAAD Project we aimed at creatinga system which could generate route directions thatare comparable to route directions created by humanparticipants. With this goal in mind, we started froma linguistic and cognitive study of route directionsproduced by people and the study of cognitive modelsof mental maps. We proposed a new qualitative spatialmodel that can support the spatial properties of humanroute directions. This model is based on the notion ofobject's influence area which is used to modelneighborhood, orientation and distance. The proposedapproach relies on the manipulation of spatialentities in a spatial conceptual map (SCM) which isthe computarized analog of a mental map used bypeople. We developped the GRAAD System, software thatgenerates routes in a SCM and describes them innatural language. Finally, we conducted an experimentin order to compare GRAAD's route directions androutes described by human participants in similarexperimental conditions. GRAAD's output was notdistinguishable from route directions created by humanparticipants. In this paper we present the mainresults obtained during all phases of the GRAADProject.     

An Investigation into Vertical Bias Effects

ABSTRACT

In three experiments, after exploring a virtual environment (VE), adult participants made spatial judgments about the location of target objects that were higher and lower than their perceived test location within the VE. In Experiment 1, the locations of the target objects were inferred from verbal instructions. The main results were a tendency to judge objects as closer to the horizontal plane than their true locations, and more efficient downward than upward judgments. Both effects generally accord with findings reported by Wilson et al. (2004a Wilson, P. N., Foreman, N., Stanton, D. and Duffy, H. 2004a. Memory for targets in a multilevel simulated environment: Evidence for vertical asymmetry in spatial memory. Memory & Cognition, 32: 283–297. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], 2004b Wilson, P. N., Foreman, N., Stanton, D. and Duffy, H. 2004b. Memory for targets in a multi-level simulated-environment: A comparison between able-bodied and physically disabled children. British Journal of Psychology, 95: 325–338.  [Google Scholar]). In Experiments 2 and 3, which were closely modeled on the design of the Wilson et al. studies, regression to the horizontal plane was noted but no downward bias was observed. A misperception in the viewing height between the floors and ceilings of the virtual rooms was apparent in both experiments. The results from the present study together with earlier investigations suggest different hierarchical encoding of between-axis and within-axis information.     

Categorical Bias in Line Angle Judgments: Sex Differences and the Use of Multiple Categories

According to the Category Adjustment (CA) model, spatial estimates (e.g., of location) involve Bayesian combination across multiple, hierarchical pieces information, each weighted by its relative certainty. Recent work, though, has shown that men and women differ in terms of their certainty regarding fine-grained and categorical information in location memory. Here we demonstrate that this reflects a more general sex difference in visuospatial processing by examining bias patterns in a line angle judgment task (JLAP-15). In addition, the data suggest that multiple, hierarchical levels of categorical information influenced spatial judgments. These results imply that the hierarchical combination outlined by the CA model extends beyond two levels, and that men and women apply differential weighting to these representations.     

航空器失事时搜寻区域的确定方法

提出根据航空器失事时最后已知的报告或其它位置信息建立最初的搜寻范围，确定第一和第二优先搜寻区的方法，及在无法搜寻找到飞机残骸或幸存者时搜寻区域的扩大广泛和调整方法。确定了划分搜寻区域的指导方针，以及在受天气情况、地形和海流影响时，确定搜寻区的具体调整方法。     

空间谱估计经典算法性能比较

空间谱估计是阵列信号处理的一个重要研究方向。空间谱估计理论与技术已日趋成熟，近几十年的经典谱估计技术包括：常规波束形成（CBF）、Capon谱估计、多重信号分类（MUSIC）、旋转不变子空间算法（ESPRIT）、最大似然（ML）、子空间拟合（SF），及这些算法的扩展和变形。上述算法在各个分散的文章中均有具体深入的理论分析和研究，亦有类似的2种或3种算法的性能比较，但是针对这些所有算法的性能比较，就笔者所知尚无公开报道，而使工程实现时对算法的选择没有依据。本文对这些经典算法做了简介，列出各个算法的优缺点，并对性能进行仿真比较，能直观地得到各个算法的性能对比，给工程实现算法选择提供理论依据。     

基于一致性预处理技术的作业车间调度算法研究

为降低CSP调度算法的计算复杂度和减少搜索过程中回溯发生概率,采用一致性预处理技术来预先修剪和过滤搜索空间。仿真实验证明:两种方法的综合运用可以显著提高CSP调度算法的搜索效率,从而为CSP调度算法求解大规模作业车间调度问题提供可能。