Dynamic inventory and pricing models for competing retailers

We address infinite‐horizon models for oligopolies with competing retailers under demand uncertainty. We characterize the equilibrium behavior which arises under simple wholesale pricing schemes. More specifically, we consider a periodic review, infinite‐horizon model for a two‐echelon system with a single supplier servicing a network of competing retailers. In every period, each retailer faces a random demand volume, the distribution of which depends on his own retail price as well as those charged by possibly all competing retailers. We also derive various comparative statics results regarding the impact several exogenous system parameters (e.g., cost or distributional parameters) have on the equilibrium decisions of the retailers as well as their expected profits. We show that certain monotonicity properties, engrained in folklore as well as in known inventory models for centralized systems, may break down in decentralized chains under retailer competition. Our results can be used to optimize the aggregate profits in the supply chain (i.e., those of the supplier and all retailers) by implementing a specific wholesale pricing scheme. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.     

一种新的高分辨率ADC有效位数测试方法

谱分析法和正弦拟合法是ADC动态特性测试的两种常用方法。但在测试信号源信噪比较低的情况下,两种方法的测试结果都存在较大的偏差。提出了一种新的ADC动态性能测试方法,该方法能较好消除信号源对测量结果的影响,使得在普通信号源下可以测试高分辨率的ADC。仿真分析证明了这一测试方法的正确性。最后给出了采用该方法对一ADC系统的实测结果。     

基于级库存的维修器材整合供应策略研究

针对传统器材供应模式效率低的问题,借助供应链管理的思想提出了多需求点整合供应模式,并建立了基于级库存策略的整合优化模型,对成本各组成部分分析求解,得到了最优总成本对应的策略参数,其中总成本考虑了供应中心补货成本、库存持有成本、供应成本和供应延迟成本．最后通过算例与直接供应策略进行了比较,证明了整合供应策略的有效性．     

部分服务台同步多重休假的GI/M/c稳态队长

在经典GI/M/c排队中引入部分服务台同步多重休假策略,利用拟单生过程和矩阵几何解的方法,求解系统的稳态队长分布及其条件随机分解。     

飞机机翼结构损伤仿真研究

飞机结构的战伤模式及战伤程度预测对于制定战场抢修预案及改进战斗生存力设计具有重要意义。采用计算机模拟仿真技术定量分析了飞机机翼结构遭受射弹攻击后的损伤情况。通过损伤仿真讨论了3类情形,一是机翼结构受到简单的侵彻后的冲击效应;二是高速射弹攻击带有翼盒的机翼,而产生流体动力冲压效应;三是在射弹冲击模型中增加爆炸条件,研究射弹以任意角度冲击不同的位置产生的耦合效应。基于AN SY S/LS-DYNA仿真,给出了机翼结构损伤的结果,结论为战伤飞机战场抢修的快速评估提供了科学依据,也为飞机平时修理提供了参考。     

位置修正技术在航位推算中的应用

利用图解法证明了航位推算轨迹和真实轨迹相似,符合相似性原理,并通过图解法推导位置修正公式;将位置修正技术用于里程仪的初始标定,经实测数据证明标定后的航向安装偏差角、俯仰安装偏差角及里程仪刻度系数误差大幅减小;将位置修正技术与GPS结合进行GPS/DR组合导航,经Matlab仿真证明该组合导航在长距离行车可将航向误差角限制在3.6′之内;该修正技术具有较高的实际应用价值。     

A partial characterization of the optimal ordering/rationing policy for a periodic review system with two demand classes and backordering

We consider a finite horizon periodic review, single product inventory system with a fixed setup cost and two stochastic demand classes that differ in their backordering costs. In each period, one must decide whether and how much to order, and how much demand of the lower class should be satisfied. We show that the optimal ordering policy can be characterized as a state dependent (s,S) policy, and the rationing structure is partially obtained based on the subconvexity of the cost function. We then propose a simple heuristic rationing policy, which is easy to implement and close to optimal for intensive numerical examples. We further study the case when the first demand class is deterministic and must be satisfied immediately. We show the optimality of the state dependent (s,S) ordering policy, and obtain additional rationing structural properties. Based on these properties, the optimal ordering and rationing policy for any state can be generated by finding the optimal policy of only a finite set of states, and for each state in this set, the optimal policy is obtained simply by choosing a policy from at most two alternatives. An efficient algorithm is then proposed. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2010     

一种运用遗传算法确定船舶航向控制模糊规则的方法

为了克服船舶航向控制模糊规则确定过程中的盲目性,引入一种与之相适应的遗传算法,以使结果成为某种意义下的最优解,从而从根本上解决这一重要问题.文中运用Matlab的C语言MEX-文件技术,将遗传算法源代码与Matlab直接结合起来,利用后者的强大建模能力,建立起完整的仿真模型.仿真结果表明,船舶的航向控制能力得到明显改善.     

0.18 μm CMOS工艺的GPS/BDS双模可重构接收机射频前端

采用低中频架构设计了一种0.18μm CMOS工艺的GPS/BDS双模可重构接收机射频前端,能在GPS L1模式或BDS B1模式下工作。通过频率自适应电路调整中频滤波器的时间常数,降低其频率不确定度;压控振荡器中加入4位开关电容阵列,以提高频率调谐范围和相位噪声性能;通过硬件复用的方式降低系统功耗。测试结果表明,在1.8 V电源电压下,功耗37.8 m W,电压增益为103 d B,GPS L1和BDS B1波段噪声系数均小于3.2 d B。     

Optimal outbound dispatch policies: Modeling inventory and cargo capacity

In this paper, we present an optimization model for coordinating inventory and transportation decisions at an outbound distribution warehouse that serves a group of customers located in a given market area. For the practical problems which motivated this paper, the warehouse is operated by a third party logistics provider. However, the models developed here may be applicable in a more general context where outbound distribution is managed by another supply chain member, e.g., a manufacturer. We consider the case where the aggregate demand of the market area is constant and known per period (e.g., per day). Under an immediate delivery policy, an outbound shipment is released each time a demand is realized (e.g., on a daily basis). On the other hand, if these shipments are consolidated over time, then larger (hence more economical) outbound freight quantities can be dispatched. In this case, the physical inventory requirements at the third party warehouse (TPW) are determined by the consolidated freight quantities. Thus, stock replenishment and outbound shipment release policies should be coordinated. By optimizing inventory and freight consolidation decisions simultaneously, we compute the parameters of an integrated inventory/outbound transportation policy. These parameters determine: (i) how often to dispatch a truck so that transportation scale economies are realized and timely delivery requirements are met, and (ii) how often, and in what quantities, the stock should be replenished at the TPW. We prove that the optimal shipment release timing policy is nonstationary, and we present algorithms for computing the policy parameters for both the uncapacitated and finite cargo capacity problems. The model presented in this study is considerably different from the existing inventory/transportation models in the literature. The classical inventory literature assumes that demands should be satisfied as they arrive so that outbound shipment costs are sunk costs, or else these costs are covered by the customer. Hence, the classical literature does not model outbound transportation costs. However, if a freight consolidation policy is in place then the outbound transportation costs can no longer be ignored in optimization. Relying on this observation, this paper models outbound transportation costs, freight consolidation decisions, and cargo capacity constraints explicitly. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 49: 531–556, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/nav.10030