一种改进的SIR粒子滤波方法

SIR粒子滤波算法在重采样无法进行时可能失效,详细分析了算法失效的原因,并针对此问题提出了基于PSO的改进方法,该方法利用PSO的智能寻优机制引导重要性抽样的粒子移向高似然区,从而确保重采样过程的顺利进行。仿真试验表明,提出的改进方法可以有效解决SIR算法因重采样无法进行而导致的失效问题。     

Bounding the optimal burn‐in time for a system with two types of failure

Burn‐in is a widely used method to improve the quality of products or systems after they have been produced. In this paper, we consider the problem of determining bounds to the optimal burn‐in time and optimal replacement policy maximizing the steady state availability of a repairable system. It is assumed that two types of system failures may occur: One is Type I failure (minor failure), which can be removed by a minimal repair, and the other is Type II failure (catastrophic failure), which can be removed only by a complete repair. Assuming that the underlying lifetime distribution of the system has a bathtub‐shaped failure rate function, upper and lower bounds for the optimal burn‐in time are provided. Furthermore, some other applications of optimal burn‐in are also considered. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004     

动态系统可靠性分析的新概念

传统可靠性分析的概念只能描述静态逻辑关系,不能满足现代复杂动态系统可靠性分析的需要。在给出动态系统状态空间结构和结构函数的基础上,提出失效序列和失效丛的概念描述动态系统的故障模式,这一概念扩展了传统可靠性分析的概念,将割集、蕴含集等作为其在静态情形的特例。给出动态系统部件的概率重要度、结构重要度以及关键重要度的概念,用实例对提出的有关概念进行了说明。     

Heart analytics: Analytical modeling of cardiovascular care

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death and disability both in the United States and worldwide. Despite high morbidity, mortality, and cost in the United States and global healthcare systems, cardiovascular care has been understudied in the healthcare operations management literature. In this paper, we identify research opportunities for healthcare operations management scholars to aid in improving cardiovascular care. We focus on three burdensome conditions, including (1) coronary artery disease, (2) stroke, and (3) heart failure, which, collectively, lead to the vast majority of CVD‐caused mortality and disability. For each condition, we characterize a typical patient's journey in receiving cardiovascular care, elucidating key challenges in improving care and outlining research questions for healthcare operations management scholars. We close with a reference to new research opportunities that emerge as artificial intelligence is likely to transform much of cardiovascular care.     

A comparative study of three tool replacement/operation sequencing strategies in a flexible manufacturing system

This paper studies three tool replacement/operation sequencing strategies for a flexible manufacturing system over a finite time horizon: (1) failure replacement—replace the tool only upon failure, (2) optimal preventive tool replacement for a fixed sequence of operations, and (3) joint scheduling of the optimal preventive tool replacement times and the optimal sequence of operations. Stochastic dynamic decision models are used for strategies 2 and 3. The optimization criterion for strategies 2 and 3 is the minimization of the total expected cost over the finite time horizon. We will show through numerical studies that, with the same amount of information, the total expected costs can be reduced considerably by choosing an optimal strategy. Our conclusion is that in flexible manufacturing, optimal tool replacement and optimal operations sequencing are not separate issues. They should be considered jointly to minimize the expected total cost. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 47: 479–499, 2000     

自修复飞控系统故障检测与隔离软件系统

介绍了一个自修复飞行控制系统故障检测和隔离实时工程软件系统,该系统按照软件工程规范、采用等价空间法和残差向量的概率信息融合法研制和开发,不仅能对飞行控制系统的突变故障——作动器卡死故障和控制舵面损伤故障进行实时检测和隔离,而且具有良好的用户界面。仿真研究表明该软件系统具有良好的鲁棒性和实时性。     

E 级超级计算机故障预测的数据采集方法

随着超级计算机规模向E级迅速发展，其可靠性面临巨大挑战，基于故障预测的主动容错技术成为提高系统容错能力的有效方法之一。数据采集是故障预测的基础，现有用于超级计算机故障预测的数据采集方法采集数据属性少、开销大，影响了故障预测的准确性和效率。本文面向未来E级超级计算机，提出数据采集框架（Failure Prediction Data Collection Framework, FPDC），能够全面采集与计算结点故障相关的状态数据，采用自适应多层分组数据汇集方法，有效解决了随着系统规模增长数据汇集过程开销过大的问题。在TH-1A超级计算机上的实现和测试表明，该数据采集框架具有开销小，扩展性好的优点，能够适应未来大规模系统故障预测数据采集的需求。     

湿式报警阀组漏误报原因及对策

从自动喷水灭火系统工程验收和日常防火监督检查发现的问题出发,就湿式报警阀组漏、误报原因进行深入分析,指出了设计不合理、水力警铃安装位置不当、未设延迟器、管网中气囊未排除和施工安装不到位等造成湿式报警阀组漏、误报的常见原因,并提出把好设计、审核、施工、安装等环节,消除湿式报警阀组漏、误报的隐患。     

基于湍流冲击振动的输油管道稳定性研究

要水流冲刷管底形成悬空管道，悬空管道假设为一端固定一端铰支的均质等截面简支梁。在分析管道垂直载荷对悬空管道临界长度影响的基础上，考虑到输油管道振动引起的动应力以及管道振动时的外部阻尼、管道轴向力和内压对管道的作用，对悬空管道进行受力分析，导出管道振动微分方程。以保证管道强度的安全可靠为判据，计算求出悬空管道的临界长度，以便预测管道失稳条件，并对其及时采取稳固及抢修措施。     

Optimal redesign decisions through failure rate estimates

To reduce the time-to-market of newly developed systems, manufacturers increasingly adopt strategies where systems are brought to market while system field reliability is still uncertain. These systems are typically sold under performance-based contracts, which incentivizes potential customers to invest in them despite reliability uncertainty. Such contracts make the manufacturer (partly) responsible for the availability of the system. Subsequently, when field reliability is lower than anticipated, the manufacturer may choose to redesign the system to avoid high contract penalties. Redesign is a costly effort which may substantially increase field reliability. Deciding when to redesign is challenging, especially because the initial failure rate estimate by the system's engineers is refined over time as failure data accrues. We propose a model that endogenizes the failure rate updating to analyze this tactical redesign decision. We study additive and multiplicative redesigns and show that the optimal policy has a control limit structure. We benchmark our optimal policy against a static counterpart numerically, and conclude that basing redesign decisions on the updated estimate of the failure rate can substantially reduce costs.