Analysis of down times of jib cranes—A stochastic approach

In this paper a case study dealing with the maintenance problem of jib cranes is presented. A jib crane is viewed as a complex system whose performance is observed as a single realization over period of time. After pointing out limitations of existing stochastic models to analyze the observed realization a new family of bivariate stochastic processes is introduced. The data of jib crane is analyzed using new model and cross‐validated using part of the data set. It is noted that the new family of stochastic processes is useful to analyze bivariate data where one of the variables is finitely valued and the other is nonnegative and continuous. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 49: 231–243, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/nav.10006     

Dynamic signatures and their use in comparing the reliability of new and used systems

The signature of a system with independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) component lifetimes is a vector whose ith element is the probability that the ith component failure is fatal to the system. System signatures have been found to be quite useful tools in the study and comparison of engineered systems. In this article, the theory of system signatures is extended to versions of signatures applicable in dynamic reliability settings. It is shown that, when a working used system is inspected at time t and it is noted that precisely k failures have occurred, the vector s [0,1]^n‐k whose jth element is the probability that the (k + j)th component failure is fatal to the system, for j = 1,2,2026;,n ‐ k, is a distribution‐free measure of the design of the residual system. Next, known representation and preservation theorems for system signatures are generalized to dynamic versions. Two additional applications of dynamic signatures are studied in detail. The well‐known “new better than used” (NBU) property of aging systems is extended to a uniform (UNBU) version, which compares systems when new and when used, conditional on the known number of failures. Sufficient conditions are given for a system to have the UNBU property. The application of dynamic signatures to the engineering practice of “burn‐in” is also treated. Specifically, we consider the comparison of new systems with working used systems burned‐in to a given ordered component failure time. In a reliability economics framework, we illustrate how one might compare a new system to one successfully burned‐in to the kth component failure, and we identify circumstances in which burn‐in is inferior (or is superior) to the fielding of a new system. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2009     

Statistical analysis of exponential lifetimes under an adaptive Type‐II progressive censoring scheme

In this article, a mixture of Type‐I censoring and Type‐II progressive censoring schemes, called an adaptive Type‐II progressive censoring scheme, is introduced for life testing or reliability experiments. For this censoring scheme, the effective sample size m is fixed in advance, and the progressive censoring scheme is provided but the number of items progressively removed from the experiment upon failure may change during the experiment. If the experimental time exceeds a prefixed time T but the number of observed failures does not reach m, we terminate the experiment as soon as possible by adjusting the number of items progressively removed from the experiment upon failure. Computational formulae for the expected total test time are provided. Point and interval estimation of the failure rate for exponentially distributed failure times are discussed for this censoring scheme. The various methods are compared using Monte Carlo simulation. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2009     

幅相调制信号的星座图恢复与调制方式识别

针对幅相调制信号的调制方式识别问题,提出一种基于星座图恢复的算法。该算法估计信号载频及信噪比等参数,并依据波特率和符号定时完成对接收信号的波特率采样;采用一种非数据辅助载频偏差估计方法,以消除载频偏差及相位偏移对星座图恢复的影响;利用平均似然比检测的方法,完成幅相调制信号调制方式的识别。仿真结果表明,与仅考虑信号幅值分布的极大似然算法相比,该算法具有识别性能更优。     

基于星座图恢复的MQAM信号调制方式识别算法*

针对MQAM信号调制方式的识别问题,提出了一种基于星座图恢复的算法。该算法首先估计信号载频及信噪比等参数,并依据波特率和符号定时完成对接收信号的波特率采样。随后采用一种非判决辅助载频偏差估计方法,以消除载频偏差及相位偏移对星座图恢复的影响。最后利用平均似然比检测的方法,完成MQAM信号调制方式的识别。仿真结果表明,与仅考虑信号幅值分布的极大似然算法相比,该算法具有更优的识别性能。     

基于MATLAB/GUI的MIMO通信仿真软件设计与实现

为满足采用不同调制方式和空时编码类型的MIMO(Multiple Input Multiple Output)通信的性能分析需求,在深入研究MIMO通信机理和空时编译码机理基础上,基于MATLAB/GUI软件环境进行MIMO通信仿真软件设计,实现了对不同参数条件下MIMO通信系统性能分析的可视化、可交互性。仿真结果表明DBLAST(Diagonal Bell-Labs Layered Space-Time)在4FSK(Frequency Shift Keying)和QPSK(Quadrature Phase Shift Keying)调制方式下性能较优,利用设计的仿真软件可对MIMO通信的参数优化配置提供指导。     

基于状态的装备可靠度模型及其应用

为应用基于状态的装备可靠度模型,实现对装备的精确维修,采用了比例风险模型（Proportional Hazards Model,PHM）将装备的年龄信息及检测所得状态信息融入系统的风险函数中。考虑到样本包含截尾数据的情形,应用极大似然估计方法对模型中的参数进行了估计以及相应的模型检验。通过对该方法在一个实际案例中应用的详细分析,验证了方法的可行性。     

高超声速滑翔再入飞行器的可达区快速预测

防御方对来袭滑翔再入飞行器进行可达区的预测存在先验信息量不足且时效性要求高等难题.为此提出一种基于最优化飞行假设的可达区快速预测方法:仅需已知目标当前位置、速度与最大升阻比(可基于雷达探测数据通过实时弹道估计获得),基于平衡滑翔假设和最大横程的埃格斯解分别获得目标最大纵程和横程终点坐标,在经纬度二维平面内,可达区即可近...