Download or read book Finding an Optimal Path Through a Mapped Minefield written by Douglas A. Boerman and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the Technology and the Mine Problem Symposium written by Albert M. Bottoms and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Planning the Optimal Transit for a Ship Through a Mapped Minefield written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis develops (a) a mission-planning tool for a Navy Mine Counter Measure (MCM) force to find a minimum-risk route for a surface ship through a mapped minefield, and (b) a heuristic to identify a sequence of mines whose clearance (removal and/or deactivation) leads to a rapid reduction of the risk of a minimum-risk path. All modeling concepts reflect the requirements of the Republic of China Navy's MCM operations. The problem is formulated and solved as a shortest-path problem in a network. A grid of nodes, representing waypoints, is embedded in a representation of the operating area, while arcs are created to link waypoints. The risk function is defined in terms of the closest point of approach distance between each mine that falls within a maximum danger radius along a route. A complete planning tool is implemented using Excel and Visual Basic for Applications. A basic test scenario describes an operational area of 1,000 by 3,000 yards containing 30 mines; node spacing is 100 yards. The minimum-risk path is found in few seconds on a laptop computer, while a greedy "mine clearance list" is found in a few minutes.
Download or read book Government Reports Annual Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Minimum risk Routing Through a Mapped Minefield written by Christopher D. Odom and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Patent Infringement Litigation Handbook written by Alan R. Thiele and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2010 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical book provides a well considered plan for invention protection and management that can be used effectively to avoid expensive, time-consuming, and sometimes company-killing patent infringement litigation. However, because not all patent infringement litigation can be avoided, the second part of this important book explains how to manage patent infringement litigation should it become necessary.
Download or read book Havana File written by Dale A. Dye and published by Warriors Publishing Group via PublishDrive. This book was released on 2016-04-10 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of a major move from suburban Virginia (“too close to the flagpole”) to the Great State of Texas (“my kind of place and my kind of people”) retired Marine Gunner Shake Davis is contemplating the government’s proposed normalization of relations with Cuba – and he’s not happy about it. By the time he arrives at the new Davis homestead in a quaint little town south of the Texas capitol at Austin, he’s convinced – by instinct and past experience with tenacious communist regimes – that America is making a big mistake in making nice with the Castro regime When Shake learns that an American intelligence analyst with a brain full of highly classified information has gone missing in Cuba, he mistrusts the physical evidence that the man is dead and heads for Havana to conduct his own investigation from the Guantanamo Bay Navy Base while normalization talks are ongoing in Havana. When that investigation reveals that the American is being held hostage on Fidel Castro’s private island, Shake, Mike and a small team of Marine Raiders stage a daring rescue from the sea.
Download or read book Proceedings 2002 IEEE RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainable Shipping written by Harilaos N. Psaraftis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International shipping is currently at a crossroads. The decision of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in April 2018 to adopt an Initial Strategy so as to achieve by 2050 a reduction of at least 50% in maritime greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions vis-à-vis 2008 levels epitomizes the last among a series of recent developments as regards sustainable shipping. It also sets the scene on what may happen in the future. Even though many experts and industry circles believe that the IMO decision is in line with the COP21 climate change agreement in Paris in 2015, others disagree, either on the ground that the target is not ambitious enough, or on the ground that no clear pathway to reach the target is currently visible. This book takes a cross-disciplinary view of the various dimensions of the maritime transportation sustainability problem. “Cross-disciplinary” means that a variety of angles are used to examine the book topics, and these mainly include the technological angle, the economics angle, the logistics angle, and the environmental angle. The book reviews models that can be used to evaluate decisions, policy alternatives and trade-offs. For sustainable shipping, a spectrum of technical, logistics-based and market based measures are being contemplated. All may have important side-effects as regards the economics and logistics of the maritime supply chain, including ports and hinterland connections. The objective to attain an acceptable environmental performance, while at the same time respecting traditional economic performance criteria so that shipping remains viable, is and is likely to be a central goal for both industry and policy-makers in the years ahead. At the same time, policy fragmentation is likely to create distortions of competition and sub-optimal solutions. This book attempts to address these issues and identify better solutions. /divSustainable Shipping: A Cross-Disciplinary View includes chapters that cover many relevant topics. These include a general view of maritime transport sustainability, green ship technologies, information and communication technologies (ICTs) for sustainable shipping, green tramp ship routing and scheduling, green liner network design and speed optimization. Market based measures, oil pollution, ship recycling, sulphur emissions, ballast water management, alternative fuels and green ports are also covered. The book concludes by discussing prospects for the future, with a focus on the IMO Initial Strategy. "This book contains a unique wealth of information on sustainable shipping. The knowledge it provides is rigorous, complete, and well supported by statistics, technical reports, and scientific references. The treatment of the various topics is not only informative but also analytical and critical." —Gilbert Laporte, Maritime Economics & Logistics (12 May, 2020)
Download or read book Clear and Definite Words written by Ronald G. Goetz and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear and Definite Words is a lucid exposure of the present confusion within theological discourse. It charges and proves that avoiding or equivocating on the question of ontology is impossible. It thus undermines the premise of much theological discourse today and lays the way for greater theological clarity and commitment. This book goes head-to-head with great forcefulness and passion against anyone and anything that has served to impede the right of theology to speak with clear and definite words.
Download or read book A Leaf upon the Sea written by Gordon W. Stead and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mediterranean Sea in World War II was the scene of prolonged and violent naval warfare between the British and the Axis powers, Italy and Germany. The stories of the major squadrons and their admirals have been told, as their actions led directly to the outcomes. Here is the tale of the smallest surface ships, their officers and men who, at the very tip of British sea power in that disputed sea, played vital roles in making possible the successes of the more famous forces. It is told by one of them -- a Canadian on loan to the Royal Navy who took a leading part from the lowest ebb in British fortunes through the struggle against almost overwhelming odds to the climax of the first landings on the continent of Europe.
Download or read book The Deceiver written by Frederick Forsyth and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1992-06-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam McCready serves Britain as Chief of Covert Operations for the Secret Intelligence Service. He's competent, dedicated, in his prime. Why then this push to get him out? The options are painful -- early retirement or an administrative backwater. But he has one other option: it's a wild card, confrontational, risky. Risky because McCready knows too much. He senses the move is more about destabilizing SIS than settling a score with him. Who wants him out, and why? And what happens if he refuses to go quietly?
Download or read book Mister Coach written by J. P. “Jim” Fowler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-08-30 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of thirty-three, Paul marries Martha and embarks on a lifelong adventure with the girl of his dreams. The couple lives the good life until the Great Depression and the affects of Prohibition bring them financial ruin. Leaving the family ranch, Paul begins working as a counterman at a local farm supply store to make ends meet. Unable to have children, Paul and Martha start volunteering at various youth activities. But Paul's greatest love is coaching youth baseball teams. A small, timid man and a natural-born leader, Paul brings out the best in his young players by reminding them, "Ya gotta try." Even after his players grow up and start families of their own, they continue to rely on Paul for advice and support. When Martha suffers a series of strokes, Paul has to quit coaching after his team wins the state championship. But that doesn't stop him from continuing to be the mainstay in many of his players' lives, proving that a man doesn't have to be big to make a big difference.
Download or read book Mine Countermine Operations written by Department of the Army and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-06-08 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guidance provided focuses on individual skills of emplacing and removing mines, team and squad tasks, platoon and company organization and panning, and battalion/task force organization and coordination for successful obstacle reduction and breaching operations.
Download or read book Mobile Robots XV written by Howie M. Choset and published by SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering. This book was released on 2001 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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