Scheduling a production–distribution system to optimize the tradeoff between delivery tardiness and distribution cost

We consider a make‐to‐order production–distribution system with one supplier and one or more customers. A set of orders with due dates needs to be processed by the supplier and delivered to the customers upon completion. The supplier can process one order at a time without preemption. Each customer is at a distinct location and only orders from the same customer can be batched together for delivery. Each delivery shipment has a capacity limit and incurs a distribution cost. The problem is to find a joint schedule of order processing at the supplier and order delivery from the supplier to the customers that optimizes an objective function involving the maximum delivery tardiness and the total distribution cost. We first study the solvability of various cases of the problem by either providing an efficient algorithm or proving the intractability of the problem. We then develop a fast heuristic for the general problem. We show that the heuristic is asymptotically optimal as the number of orders goes to infinity. We also evaluate the performance of the heuristic computationally by using lower bounds obtained by a column generation approach. Our results indicate that the heuristic is capable of generating near optimal solutions quickly. Finally, we study the value of production–distribution integration by comparing our integrated approach with two sequential approaches where scheduling decisions for order processing are made first, followed by order delivery decisions, with no or only partial integration of the two decisions. We show that in many cases, the integrated approach performs significantly better than the sequential approaches. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2005     

基于异构数据源整合与集成的信息系统集成技术研究与应用

分析了部队信息系统集成的必要性以及实施中遇到的困难,讨论了基于异构数据源整合与信息系统集成的核心技术与实现模式,论证了基于异构数据源整合在部队系统集成应用的可行性和优越性。     

信息技术与初中数学课程整合的实践

当前我国基础教育领域正在进行一场意义深远的课程改革,促进信息技术与课程整合成为其中的重要内容之一。信息技术与中小学数学学科的整合,使得中小学数学教学中学习内容和学习形式、教学观念和教学方式都产生了一系列的变化,本文通过在初中数学教学中进行的信息技术与课程整合实践尝试,总结了将信息技术有效地与中学数学课程整合,可以培养学生学习数学兴趣和实践能力。     

改进的GPS弱信号差分捕获方法研究

捕获是GPS接收机信号处理中的关键部分,在微弱信号情况下,传统的弱信号捕获方法不能很好地捕获到卫星信号,采用一种改进的GPS弱信号差分捕获方法来进行捕获研究.并对一组GPS的数据信息,分别采用以上2种方法对其进行捕获仿真.结果显示,新方法可以捕获到较微弱的GPS信号,提高了接收机的灵敏度.     

一种基于知识因素表示理论的装备信息分类描述方法

当前信息分类的形式化描述是信息集成中一个研究重点和难点,基于知识的因素表示理论能够描述概念和概念之间的关系,并通过概念之间的关系描述概念的语义,该方法具有知识描述的统一框架和严格的数学理论基础.通过对装备信息分类方法研究,提出了装备全系统全寿命信息体系结构模型和基于知识因素表示理论的装备信息分类描述方法,并结合装备基础...     

基于模糊综合评价的再制造发动机抽样方案决策研究

影响因素难以量化是再制造发动机抽样方案选择过程中的难点,不可避免地给检验人员带来了主观性和片面性的问题。提出了应用模糊综合评价方法的解决方案,建立了再制造发动机抽样方案综合评价指标体系,详细阐述了综合评价方法的算法步骤,最后以某再制造发动机抽样方案的决策为例进行了实例应用。模糊综合评价方法解决了再制造发动机抽样方案选择中所遇到的问题,可为检验人员选择合理的抽样方案提供决策支持。     

太空信息支援指挥控制支持平台构建初探

针对当前太空信息支援指挥控制存在的诸如缺少统一平台进行需求综合、数据汇集和融合处理,各类数据和产品分散管理,分头为用户提供信息保障服务等现实问题,本文对太空信息支援指挥控制相关问题进行了研究,构建了太空信息支援指挥控制任务模型,并对太空信息支援指挥控制任务进行了分析。按照系统结构设计的思想,从太空信息资源提供者、太空信息资源使用者和太空信息系统管理者三个角度提出了太空信息支援指挥控制支持平台的功能需求;研究了太空信息支援指挥控制支持平台的系统组成,并按照"资源+服务+应用"的设计原则构建底层可共用基础平台,中间层提供支撑软件集成,上层面向各级各类用户系统的支持平台技术架构和相应物理架构,解决了指挥控制支持平台"建什么、怎么建"的关键问题,可为太空信息支援指挥控制支持平台设计提供理论参考。     

舰炮武器系统的总体配置方案及关键技术

针对舰炮武器系统在对岸射击中的不足之处,分析了舰炮武器系统对岸射击时对导航系统的需求,对基于导航定位系统的舰炮武器系统的总体配置设计方案和关键技术进行了探讨;给出了系统整体构架及系统工作原理,指出了关键技术如何实现。为舰炮武器系统的设计及提高舰炮武器系统的作战效能提供了理论参考。     

Maximizing project cash availability

Consider a project during the life cycle of which there are cash payouts and in‐flows. To better meet his financial commitments, the project owner would like to meet all deadlines without running out of cash. We show that the cash availability objective is similar to the total weighted flowtime used to measure work‐in‐progress performance in the scheduling and inventory control literatures. In this article we provide several specialized solution methods for the problem of minimizing total weighted flowtime in an arbitrary acyclic project network, subject to activity release times and due dates, where the activity weights may be positive or negative and represent cash in‐ and out‐flows. We describe the structure of an optimal solution and provide several efficient algorithms and their complexity based on mincost and maxflow formulations. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2006     

Assessing military reform in Indonesia

This article seeks to assess the magnitude of military reform in Indonesia and its impact in establishing greater levels of professionalism within the armed forces. To this end, the authors will offer some reflections on the studies of civil-military relations and military transformation for inculcating a higher degree of military professionalism; analyse to what extent the process of military reform in Indonesia has reshaped the institutional role of the armed forces; and discern three major strategic gaps in Indonesia's military reform, namely the “legal loopholes and regulation vacuum,” the “shortcomings of democratic civilian control,” and the “defence-economic gap.” This article asserts that military professionalism will grow more substantially depending on the ability of civilian elites to exercise effective control over the military and the capacity of the government to transform the military establishment keeping pace with strategic challenges and operational requirements.