Strategies for managing the flexible capacity in the airline industry

The ability to effectively match supply and demand under uncertainty can result in significant revenue benefits in the airline industry. We study the benefits of a Demand Driven Swapping (DDS) approach that takes advantage of the flexibilities in the system and dynamically swaps aircraft as departures near and more accurate demand information is obtained. We analyze the effectiveness of different DDS strategies, characterized by their frequency (how often the swapping decision is revised), in hedging against demand uncertainty. Swapping aircraft several weeks prior to departures will not cause much disturbance to revenue management and operations, but will be based on highly uncertain demands. On the other hand, revising the swapping decision later will decrease the possibility of bad swaps, but at a higher cost of disrupting airport services and operations. Our objective is to provide guidelines on how the flexible (swappable) capacity should be managed in the system. We study analytical models to gain insights into the critical parameters that affect the revenue benefits of the different swapping strategies. Our study determines the conditions under which each of the different DDS strategies is effective. We complement our analysis by testing the proposed DDS strategies on a set of flight legs, using data obtained from United Airlines. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.     

基于预警时间窗口的空天反导预警体系构建

如何构建一个完善的反导预警体系并确保反导预警时间充足是当前的一个研究热点,创新性地应用反导预警时间窗口分析各类预警系统的性能,并为反导预警体系构建给出相关决策依据。首先结合预警时间窗口的概念,给出天基支援下预警时间窗口的数学描述;然后,建立了反导预警过程中攻防双方的数学模型及仿真方法;接着,对反导预警时间窗口的计算进行了具体分析;最后,结合具体仿真实例,分析了天基预警卫星对反导预警时间窗口的扩展作用,得出了一些较为实用的结论。     

圆柱体内线缆电磁脉冲耦合特性分析

针对具有孔缝圆柱腔体中线缆的强电磁脉冲耦合问题,提出了基于时域有限积分法和Agrawal传输线方程的混合方法.该方法利用时域有限积分法求解腔体中的场分布,采用Agrawal传输线方程计算腔体内线缆的感应电压,提高了孔缝腔体中线缆耦合特性分析的效率.以圆柱腔体中双导线为例,通过计算双导线终端感应差模电压的耦合系数,分析孔缝、导线、腔体和入射电磁脉冲对耦合特性的影响.     

一类二次微分系统在三次多项式扰动下的极限环估计

计算了一类二次Hamilton微分系统的一阶Mel’nikov函数,通过此方法对该系统在三次多项式扰动下分岔的极限环个数进行了估计。     

单兵系统数据模型

讨论了单兵系统的体系结构和信息要素,并结合单兵系统在联合作战中的应用例子,对其业务过程和信息流进行初步分析。然后通过IDEF1X方法,设计单兵系统基于关系数据库的数据模型。最后讨论了模型的规范化问题,并给出检验数据模型的方法。     

基于事件的系统可靠性参数仿真算法

介绍了可以用扩展可靠性框图表示的系统的可靠性参数的仿真算法。首先,对扩展可靠性框图进行了介绍,提出了利用树状结构来描述扩展可靠性框图的结构。其次,对基于扩展可靠性框图的系统行为进行了分析。然后,依据离散事件系统仿真思想,分别给出了计算可修系统可靠性参数的仿真算法与不可修系统可靠性参数的仿真算法。最后,给出了计算实例。该仿真算法不仅可以对状态独立系统进行可靠性参数计算,而且可以对具有冷储备关系以及冷储备嵌套关系的状态相关系统进行可靠性参数计算,具有很强的通用性与实用性。     

改进的基于迭代算法的Weibull分布杂波模拟方法

杂波在雷达环境模拟中具有非常重要的地位.基于ZMNL(无记忆非线性变换法)的Weibull分布雷达杂波模型,可以很好地描述海杂波.但这种模型,因其非线性变换前后相关系数之间的关系公式复杂,很难用直观的方法求解.针对这一问题,提出了用迭代算法来求解该非线性公式的过程,并给出了应用该方法进行杂波仿真的具体步骤及仿真结果,证明了该方法的准确、可行性.     

Technical note: Finite-time regret analysis of Kiefer-Wolfowitz stochastic approximation algorithm and nonparametric multi-product dynamic pricing with unknown demand

We consider the problem of nonparametric multi-product dynamic pricing with unknown demand and show that the problem may be formulated as an online model-free stochastic program, which can be solved by the classical Kiefer-Wolfowitz stochastic approximation (KWSA) algorithm. We prove that the expected cumulative regret of the KWSA algorithm is bounded above by where κ₁, κ₂ are positive constants and T is the number of periods for any T = 1, 2, … . Therefore, the regret of the KWSA algorithm grows in the order of , which achieves the lower bounds known for parametric dynamic pricing problems and shows that the nonparametric problems are not necessarily more difficult to solve than the parametric ones. Numerical experiments further demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of our proposed KW pricing policy by comparing with some pricing policies in the literature.     

Coalitions & the Legitimisation of UK Security Policy

Abstract

David Moore analyses the role of the Treasury in detemining and controlling defence policy and expenditure, and the place of the MoD within this function.