Single‐warehouse multi‐retailer inventory systems with full truckload shipments

We consider a multi‐stage inventory system composed of a single warehouse that receives a single product from a single supplier and replenishes the inventory of n retailers through direct shipments. Fixed costs are incurred for each truck dispatched and all trucks have the same capacity limit. Costs are stationary, or more generally monotone as in Lippman (Management Sci 16, 1969, 118–138). Demands for the n retailers over a planning horizon of T periods are given. The objective is to find the shipment quantities over the planning horizon to satisfy all demands at minimum system‐wide inventory and transportation costs without backlogging. Using the structural properties of optimal solutions, we develop (1) an O(T²) algorithm for the single‐stage dynamic lot sizing problem; (2) an O(T³) algorithm for the case of a single‐warehouse single‐retailer system; and (3) a nested shortest‐path algorithm for the single‐warehouse multi‐retailer problem that runs in polynomial time for a given number of retailers. To overcome the computational burden when the number of retailers is large, we propose aggregated and disaggregated Lagrangian decomposition methods that make use of the structural properties and the efficient single‐stage algorithm. Computational experiments show the effectiveness of these algorithms and the gains associated with coordinated versus decentralized systems. Finally, we show that the decentralized solution is asymptotically optimal. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 2009     

基于协作负载的指挥关系描述与设计

在分布的网络环境下,战场的快速反应需要在分布作战单元间建立一种指挥关系自同步的机制,以实现对战场作战力量的快速构建与重组.在这一指导思想下,基于文献中关于协作与负载的定义,给出了基于协作与负载的指挥关系描述,提出了基于协作与负载的指挥关系设计内容与目标.     

边防毗邻省区跨域协同警务战略研究

在非传统安全威胁不断增多的情况下,公安边防部队维护边疆社会治安和政治大局稳定的职能作用更加凸现。针对公安边防部队点多、线长、面广的特点和毗邻省区结合部管理防范相对薄弱的实际,研究探索新形势下加强毗邻跨域警务协同、联手固边的工作机制,形成无缝链接——“全国边防一盘棋”的整体战略,全面提升公安边防部队战斗力,具有极其重要的现实意义。     

克氏语段模式分析

理查德·科语段分析法尝试用一种功能类似句子语法的段落语法,来分析构成段落语篇的句子群。对段落进行定义性描述。科（Richard M Coe）综合了前人的研究成果,把段落句子群之间的关系划分为从属、并列和上下义三个概括性层次,提出了可以描述各种语段结构的克氏平面段落分析方法。克氏语段分析法对于阅读和英语写作教学具有重要的理论和实践意义。     

Optimal capacity in a coordinated supply chain

We consider a supply chain in which a retailer faces a stochastic demand, incurs backorder and inventory holding costs and uses a periodic review system to place orders from a manufacturer. The manufacturer must fill the entire order. The manufacturer incurs costs of overtime and undertime if the order deviates from the planned production capacity. We determine the optimal capacity for the manufacturer in case there is no coordination with the retailer as well as in case there is full coordination with the retailer. When there is no coordination the optimal capacity for the manufacturer is found by solving a newsvendor problem. When there is coordination, we present a dynamic programming formulation and establish that the optimal ordering policy for the retailer is characterized by two parameters. The optimal coordinated capacity for the manufacturer can then be obtained by solving a nonlinear programming problem. We present an efficient exact algorithm and a heuristic algorithm for computing the manufacturer's capacity. We discuss the impact of coordination on the supply chain cost as well as on the manufacturer's capacity. We also identify the situations in which coordination is most beneficial. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2008     

一种含最优变异的多微粒群优化算法

针对微粒群优化算法中的固有缺点,提出了带有最优变异算子的多微粒群优化算法,采用多个微粒群对目标函数进行寻优,并在寻优过程中对子群中最优微粒引入了最优变异算子。通过这样的处理,算法可以预防早熟收敛并具有更快的收敛速度和更好的局部开发能力。对一组测试函数的模拟实验结果表明,带最优变异的多微粒群优化算法可以摆脱局部最优解对微粒的吸引,在较少的代数内就能够获得好的优化结果。     

Helping hands: civil–military cooperation and Italy's military operation abroad

In the Post-Bipolar Era the growing complexity of the military operations requires a new approach for the resolution of international crises. Since the end of the Cold War, peace support operations (PSO) have become the mainstay and principal occupation of most Western armies. At the same time, Italy has been one of the most important actors in such an area. The article focuses on the cooperation between military and civil components (a process called CIMIC) as a key variable in the Italian PSOs. We will analyse in detail the main lessons learned from past military interventions as well as the general context in which new tendencies are taking place. The maintaining of a minimum security frame becomes essential to fulfil activities ‘collateral’ to the mission: reconstructing services and infrastructure, food distribution, water and medication, law and order, de-mining, training of local forces, and supporting local institutions. These are the main tasks to obtain thrust and support from the population.     

基于作战协同航母编队兵力配置方法

从作战协同的角度研究航母编队兵力配置问题。首先介绍了航母编队兵力配置空间协同方法,即层次协同、海域协同、空域协同、方向协同、高度协同等方法。根据基于航母编队对空作战、对海作战、对岸作战和对潜作战4种基本作战样式下,探讨了协同因素对兵力配置的影响与约束,并提出了相应的原则与思路,进一步完善航母编队兵力配置理论。     

弹道导弹再入段动态RCS特性分析

研究弹道导弹再入段动态RCS特性,有利于防空反导作战中对其进行有效探测和拦截。首先对弹道目标机动航迹进行建模,然后结合坐标转换公式获得目标姿态角变化,最后利用EDITFEKO软件实现对目标动态RCS实时仿真。针对不同再入角的机动航迹,仿真了不同雷达布站情况下目标动态RCS变化。仿真结果表明,弹道导弹侧向RCS大于正向RCS,反导预警雷达应部署在弹道导弹射程之内,使雷达对着弹道导弹侧面。仿真结果为反导预警雷达的部署提供依据。     

Supplier‐buyer contracting: Asymmetric cost information and cutoff level policy for buyer participation

We consider the problem of designing a contract to maximize the supplier's profit in a one‐supplier–one‐buyer relationship for a short‐life‐cycle product. Demand for the finished product is stochastic and price‐sensitive, and only its probability distribution is known when the supply contract is written. When the supplier has complete information on the marginal cost of the buyer, we show that several simple contracts can induce the buyer to choose order quantity that attains the single firm profit maximizing solution, resulting in the maximum possible profit for the supplier. When the marginal cost of the buyer is private information, we show that it is no longer possible to achieve the single firm solution. In this case, the optimal order quantity is always smaller while the optimal sale price of the finished product is higher than the single firm solution. The supplier's profit is lowered while that of the buyer is improved. Moreover, a buyer who has a lower marginal cost will extract more profit from the supplier. Under the optimal contract, the supplier employs a cutoff level policy on the buyer's marginal cost to determine whether the buyer should be induced to sign the contract. We characterize the optimal cutoff level and show how it depends on the parameters of the problem. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 48: 41–64, 2001