Assortment optimization with position effects under the nested logit model

We study the assortment optimization problem with position effects under the nested logit model, whose goal is to find the revenue-maximizing subset of products as well as their corresponding display positions. In this joint assortment-position optimization problem, the choices of products are affected by not only their qualities and prices but also the positions where they are displayed. Despite determining the assortment and their corresponding display positions sequentially, we propose to solve this problem in an integrated way to obtain the optimal solution. We formulate this problem as a nonlinear binary integer programming model and develop a dynamic programming based solution approach to obtain the optimal assortment-position assignments. We carry out extensive numerical experiments to evaluate the benefit of our integrated approach. The most important insight we discover is that it is not necessarily better to put the most attractive products in the best position. Moreover, we show that compared to the sequential approaches, our approach can improve revenue by 10.38% on average, which suggests that firms should take into consideration position effects when making assortment decisions. Finally, we discuss results related to two extensions of this problem, that is, the special case when positions are preassigned to nests, and the joint assortment-position-price optimization problem.     

Economic impact of the ministry of defence’s budget: methodological design and results for the Spanish economy

This article analyses the economic impact of the expenditure budget of the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) and its Autonomous Agencies (AA), distinguishing direct, indirect and induced effects. The input–output methodology is used to find intersectoral effects on the rest of the economy. The article quantifies the economic impact in terms of production, gross value added (GVA), employed population, tax revenue, and also in terms of its contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) of Spain in 2010. The results show that the activity of the MoD and AA generates 1.2% of the country’s GDP and 1.7% of total employment in that year.     

《现代教育技术》课程多元评价的实践探索

以往的《现代教育技术》课程教学效果评价存在诸多问题,本文针对《现代教育技术》课程特点,结合本校实际情况制定教学效果多元评价方案,并在教学中进行实践探索,结果表明教学效果多元评价方案能客观评价学生的学习绩效,充分调动学生的学习兴趣,提高学生的教育技术应用能力。     

A LONG‐RUN ANALYSIS OF DEFENCE SPENDING IN THE NATO COUNTRIES (1960–99)

This paper analyses the long‐run demand for defence output through a homogeneous treatment of 15 NATO member countries between 1960 and 1999. We carry out a progressive study of the interactions between either defence spending or defence burden and their main determinants: income, external threat and allied military spending. To that end, we use time‐series analysis with endogenously determined structural breaks. We further consider individual country functions related to one another through a common correlated effects method, in order to take into account explicitly the connections between members of an alliance.     

马格努斯效应对旋转弹自动驾驶仪影响的研究

为了分析马格努斯力矩对单通道旋转弹自动驾驶仪的影响,在准弹体系下建立了旋转弹加速度反馈自动驾驶仪模型.观察了不同马格努斯力矩对自动驾驶仪的影响,并与速率陀螺反馈自动驾驶仪进行了对比.仿真结果表明了该建模分析方法的正确性,并证明了加速度反馈相对速率反馈能够有效降低马格努斯力矩对旋转导弹的干扰作用.     

The mechanism of liquid dispersing from a cylinder driven by central dynamic shock loading

A systematic investigation on the mechanism of dynamic liquid dispersing process via theoretical and experimental approach is presented. The experiments include weak and strong constrained scenarios using the high-speed camera technique and the flash X-ray radiography technique. Based on dynamic analysis, one-dimensional characteristics analysis and some numerical simulations on the propagating processes of blast waves before the container shell rupturing, further and detailed analyses of the experimental results are presented. The effects of the liquid viscosity on the dynamic dispersing flow are also analyzed, and the spall fracture mechanism is explored. Thus, the dominating forces determining the dispersing liquid flow are revealed, that is, the stretching and shearing action due to the interaction of two reflecting rarefaction waves in opposite propagating directions. The influence of container shell strength on the dispersing liquid flow is also investigated, and the characters of cavitation layered in liquid before shell rupturing are uncovered. Results revealed that different shell material results in different cavitating layers. Then the different cavitating layers drive the different dynamic liquid dispersing process coming into being. The metastable liquid states caused by pressure drop and cavi-tation generation are discussed.     

SAR抗干扰措施及效果度量研究

SAR作为一种军用雷达,其电子对抗与反对抗是永恒的主题。分析了SAR针对有源噪声干扰可采取的一系列抗干扰技术措施(ECCM),同时研究了ECCM后的效果度量,最后介绍了一种新的度量方法——干扰等功率曲线,将SAR抗干扰效果定量、直观地表现出来。     

低速凤洞均匀抽吸地板系统

在KD－03低速风洞中研制了一种附面层可人为地控制的均匀抽吸地板系统。在不同来流速度和不同抽吸系数条件下，对均匀抽吸地板上附面层速度分布进行了实验研究。实验结果与理论计算结果一致。在该地板上的高速列车模型风洞实验的结果与国外同类模型在移动带地板上的实验结果一致。利用均匀抽吸地板可有效地消除阻面层的影响，从而提高模型风洞实验气动力的试验精度。     

雷电浪涌对直流电源冲击效应的实验研究

直流电源是雷电进入电子系统的主要途径。为了研究雷电浪涌对直流电源的冲击效应 ,进行了雷电浪涌对直流电源的注入实验 ,发现雷电浪涌对直流电源有很大的干扰和破坏作用 ,并在实验基础上 ,提出了有效的防护措施     

Efficient budget allocation strategies for elementary effects method in stochastic simulation

This paper focuses on extending the Morris' elementary effects method (MM) for sensitivity analysis/factor screening originated in the context of deterministic computer experiments to the stochastic simulation setting. Given a fixed simulation budget to expend, the main objective is to provide efficient and accurate estimates of main and interaction (or nonlinear) effects coined by the standard MM for characterizing the importance of each factor, despite the impact of simulation errors. Taking into account both the factor/input sampling uncertainty rooted in MM and the random errors inherent in a stochastic simulation, we develop efficient budget allocation strategies for implementing MM in this new context. Under each strategy proposed, we derive its corresponding optimal budget partition and optimal budget allocation rules. Numerical results corroborate the practical effectiveness of the proposed budget allocation strategies.