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     

Optimizing fishbone aisles for dual‐command operations in a warehouse

Unit‐load warehouses store and retrieve unit‐loads, typically pallets. When storage and retrieval operations are not coordinated, travel is from a pickup and deposit (P&D) point to a pallet location and back again. In some facilities, workers interleave storage and retrieval operations to form a dual‐command cycle. Two new aisle designs proposed by Gue and Meller (“Improving the unit‐load warehouse.” In Progress in Material Handling Research: 2006. Material Handling Industry of America, Charlotte, NC, 2006) use diagonal aisles to reduce the travel distance to a single pallet location by approximately 10 and 20[percnt] for the two designs, respectively. We develop analytical expressions for travel between pallet locations for one of these—the fishbone design. We then compare fishbone warehouses that have been optimized for dual‐command to traditional warehouses that have been optimized in the same manner, and show that an optimal fishbone design reduces dual‐command travel by 10–15%. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 54: 389–403, 2009     

A model to design recreational boat mooring fields

This article develops a mathematical model and heuristic algorithm to design recreational boating mooring fields. The boating industry is important to the Florida economy, and boat storage is becoming a concern among those in the industry. The mooring field design problem is formulated to maximize the total number of boat feet moored in the mooring field. In the model, we allow two adjacent moorings to overlap, which introduces a risk that under certain conditions the boats on these moorings could contact each other. We identify the conditions when contact is possible and quantify the probability of contact. The mooring field design problem is formulated as a nonlinear mixed‐integer programming problem. To solve the problem, we decompose it into two separate models, a mooring radii assignment model and a mooring layout model, which are solved sequentially. The first is solved via exhaustive enumeration and the second via a depth‐first search algorithm. Two actual mooring fields are evaluated, and in both cases our model leads to better layouts than ones experts developed manually. The mooring field design model rationalizes the mooring field design and shows that in one case by increasing the risk from 0 to 1%, the mooring efficiency increases from 74.8% to 96.2%. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2009     

论推行和完善消防设施定期检测报告制度

针对目前消防设施存在的问题，借鉴日本消防设施点检报告制度，建议推行消防设施定期检测报告制度以解决消防设施完好率低下的问题，并就如何完善消防设施定期检测报告制度提出建议。     

基于CSCW的机关业务协同办公系统协作多用户界面研究

简要阐述了研究CSCW系统协作多用户界面的必要性,介绍了协作多用户界面的基本概念,分析并评价了几种传统的协作多用户界面体系结构,最后以某机关业务协同办公系统的协作多用户界面的设计为例,提出了一种协同混合式体系结构及具体的实现。     

ICF激光驱动器总体集成中的关键小批量事件均衡匹配模型研究

关键器件是决定和影响ICF激光驱动器总体输出性能指标的主要因素之一,它也是典型的多规格、小批量事件,其与总体集成过程的均衡、成比例的动态配置关系是ICF激光驱动器工程的管理难题之一。基于神光系列激光驱动器研制的工程实践,借助EOQ经典模型,尝试建立在均衡成比例约束条件下的匹配方法,以期有效提升工程效率,为兆焦耳级激光装置及类似大科学工程在涉及小批量事件的管控方面,提供参照。研究表明,所提均衡匹配模型对于大科学工程项目具有普适意义。     

单机攻击多目标逻辑的遗传优化求解

攻击逻辑的优化决策对于机载多目标攻击武器系统具有重要意义。本文建立了单机多目标攻击逻辑的解算模型 ,提出了解算要求 ,给出了采用遗传算法求解多目标攻击逻辑的应用方案。在此基础上 ,采用该方案进行大量的试探性仿真研究 ,对仿真结果进行了分析 ,并选择了合适的遗传算法参数。文章最后阐述了用遗传算法求解多目标攻击逻辑问题的发展前景     

多传感器融合系统航迹号管理方法

多目标杂波环境下 ,多传感器探测形成的航迹之间呈现错综复杂的关系 ,多传感器系统融合中心航迹管理成了迫切需要解决的问题。在原有单航迹号分配方法的基础上 ,提出多航迹号分配方法 ,并扩展到立体图航迹号管理方法。尤其是航迹号立体图的引入 ,为航迹管理提供了一个新的思路。