Approximation algorithms for capacitated stochastic inventory systems with setup costs

We develop the first approximation algorithm with worst‐case performance guarantee for capacitated stochastic periodic‐review inventory systems with setup costs. The structure of the optimal control policy for such systems is extremely complicated, and indeed, only some partial characterization is available. Thus, finding provably near‐optimal control policies has been an open challenge. In this article, we construct computationally efficient approximate optimal policies for these systems whose demands can be nonstationary and/or correlated over time, and show that these policies have a worst‐case performance guarantee of 4. We demonstrate through extensive numerical studies that the policies empirically perform well, and they are significantly better than the theoretical worst‐case guarantees. We also extend the analyses and results to the case with batch ordering constraints, where the order size has to be an integer multiple of a base load. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 61: 304–319, 2014     

The impact of operational decisions on the design of salesforce incentives

When facing high levels of overstock inventories, firms often push their salesforce to work harder than usual to attract more demand, and one way to achieve that is to offer attractive incentives. However, most research on the optimal design of salesforce incentives ignores this dependency and assumes that operational decisions of production/inventory management are separable from design of salesforce incentives. We investigate this dependency in the problem of joint salesforce incentive design and inventory/production control. We develop a dynamic Principal‐Agent model with both Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in which the principal is strategic and risk‐neutral but the agent is myopic and risk‐averse. We find the optimal joint incentive design and inventory control strategy, and demonstrate the impact of operational decisions on the design of a compensation package. The optimal strategy is characterized by a menu of inventory‐dependent salesforce compensation contracts. We show that the optimal compensation package depends highly on the operational decisions; when inventory levels are high, (a) the firm offers a more attractive contract and (b) the contract is effective in inducing the salesforce to work harder than usual. In contrast, when inventory levels are low, the firm can offer a less attractive compensation package, but still expect the salesforce to work hard enough. In addition, we show that although the inventory/production management and the design of salesforce compensation package are highly correlated, information acquisition through contract design allows the firm to implement traditional inventory control policies: a market‐based state‐dependent policy (with a constant base‐stock level when the inventory is low) that makes use of the extracted market condition from the agent is optimal. This work appears to be the first article on operations that addresses the important interplay between inventory/production control and salesforce compensation decisions in a dynamic setting. Our findings shed light on the effective integration of these two significant aspects for the successful operation of a firm. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 61: 320–340, 2014     

面向大型机构的统一身份管理方法

通过借鉴自由联盟组织提出的Liberty框架,并针对该框架的结构以及身份提供者之间信任关系的建立模式进行改造,提出一种面向大型机构的新型身份管理联盟。新型的身份管理联盟比Liberty框架更加适用于具有分布性、自治性、全局性和协同性的大型机构。新型的身份管理联盟在物理结构上可看作由多个身份提供者节点组成的一棵树,其中每个身份提供者节点必须并且只能与其父节点和子节点建立信任关系,这与现实中各个大型机构的树状层级结构是完全相符的。在系统实现过程中,依托新型身份管理联盟的树状结构,并采用LDAP实现了用户认证数据的分级存储。此外还通过安全认证网关在网络层对用户的接入进行控制,从而能够同时支持B/S和C/S两类应用系统的单点登录。     

重叠网格方法研究多子弹抛撒气动问题

子母弹抛撒气动问题是一类典型的有相对运动的多体气动问题,也是重叠网格方法最有价值的应用领域之一。采用MI-Grid重叠网格软件系统,耦合流动力学方程和动力学/运动学方程,研究子弹分离过程的气动性能和运动轨迹,并结合正交试验设计,讨论和评估了出舱条件及气动干扰对子弹分离运动的影响,指出子弹在抛撒流场中受激波干扰对姿态运动影响很大,单子弹抛撒时母弹激波扫射使子弹俯仰特性剧烈波动,多子弹抛撒时弹舱流动受子弹挤压反射激波使子弹姿态抬头。     

光学显微结核杆菌图像的区域分割算法

为提高结核杆菌目标的分割精度,提出了一种区域级的光学显微结核杆菌图像分割算法。通过顶帽—底帽变换增强彩色图像对比度,融合图像局部特征和全局信息计算图像梯度,利用分水岭算法实现对图像的初始分割;对分割区域采用相邻区域最大相似度准则进行合并,从而得到完整的目标区域;根据结核杆菌图像的特点,通过分析结核杆菌目标区域的颜色特性,采用多阈值分割的方法滤除区域中的杂质,实现对结核杆菌目标的分割。实验结果表明,可以分割出目标对比度低以及饱和度过低的结核杆菌目标,并且对不同染色背景的图像均能取得较好的分割结果。     

高超声速乘波飞行器三维流场的并行数值模拟

针对高超声速乘波飞行器三维绕流流场,在基于LINUX+MPI系统的分布式并行计算平台上,并行求解了三维雷诺平均的N-S方程。并行数值方法采用的是有限体积方法(FVM)、OC-TVD差分格式、B-L代数湍流模型及流场分区的并行方法。计算结果表明,所采用的并行数值模拟方法能够求解包含强激波的流场,激波穿越区域边界时无断层、错位等通量不守恒的现象。并行计算效率高,8个处理机计算时的并行加速比达到了6 8。     

支板喷射超声速燃烧流场三维大涡模拟

利用火焰面模型和混合LES/RANS方法对某支板构型超燃冲压发动机进行模拟,讨论了化学反应对湍流流场的影响,并比较了3D和2D模拟的差别.结果表明,不考虑化学反应时剪切层中的大尺度结构控制着整个混合过程,且剪切层具有明显的三维特性;2D模拟能捕捉到涡的配对与合并现象,而3D模拟中涡的拉伸、扭曲及破碎特性更加显著;考虑化...     

“同志”的语义演变及军语语用功能

汉语中“同志”一词的使用具有较长的历史,其语义不断发生变化,从指称一种现象发展到指称人和称呼人。在军队中,“同志”是条令规定的用语,必须充分认识其在使用中具有的建构功能和人际功能,从而促进军人之间高尚革命友谊关系的建立和保持。     

基于TOPSIS的战区高层反导威胁评估

在分析战区高层反导威胁评估特点的基础上,建立了以来袭TBM发射点、预测落点、射程等为核心的战区高层反导威胁评估模型指标体系并进行了相应的量化,然后利用基于熵值权重确定的TOPSIS理论对模型进行求解。通过实例证明所提出的战区高层反导威胁评估模型和算法的有效性,对研究美军的战区高层反导武器系统具有一定的借鉴意义。     

兵团中学数学教师教育科研现状调查与分析

数学教师是数学教育工作中的主体力量,其教育科研水平直接关系到数学教育专业化的进程。调查发现,兵团中学数学教师的教育科研水平尚处于起步阶段。为提高教师的教育科研水平,应加强以下几个方面的工作:正确认识教学与教育科研的关系;加强教育理论著作、中学数学期刊的阅读;有效利用各级培训,强化对教师的教育科研能力的培养;上级主管部门以及学校应加大对教师从事教育科研的支持力度;建立兵团教育学院和兵团中小学的长期协助、合作关系。最后,兵团教育学院还应考虑创建一份中学数学期刊。