Trade credit contract in the presence of retailer investment opportunity

This paper presents a model for designing a trade credit contract between a supplier and a retailer that would coordinate a supply chain in the presence of investment opportunity for the retailer. Specifically, we study a newsvendor model where the supplier offers a trade credit contract to the retailer who, by delaying the payment, can invest the accounts payable amount and earn returns. We find that when the channel partners have symmetric information about the retailer's investment return, a conditionally concessional trade credit (CTC) contract, which includes a wholesale price, an interest‐free period, and a minimum order requirement, can achieve channel coordination. We then extend the model to the information asymmetry setting in which the retailer's investment return is unobservable by the supplier. We show that, although the CTC contract cannot achieve the coordination in this setting, it can effectively improve channel efficiency as well as profitability for individual partners.     

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     

空降兵师(团)登岛作战兵力分配模型

通过结合空降兵师(团)级登岛作战的战术特点,确立了遮断点的单点和联合价值的指标体系,建立了以联盟博弈为基础的兵力分配初步模型,然后以Shapley值作为此联盟博弈的解,结合投放过程中的兵力损耗,得到一个合理的兵力分配方案,从而建立了师(团)级空降登岛作战的兵力分配模型和算法.     

老子之“德”的当代价值审视

老子之“德”是法自然之“道”的具体体现，是以律己、谦恭和贵柔为主要内容的。随着我国物质生活水平的日益提高，人们过度追求物欲的满足，各种矛盾层出不穷，内心冲突不断加剧，人们的精神家园匮乏。所以，重新审视老子“德”的当代价值，对于构建和谐社会，促进人与自然、人与人、人与社会的和谐相处，化解人们的精神危机，具有重要的现实意义。     

信息时代马克思主义哲学育人价值的实现

信息时代对学生的文化判断和道德判断能力提出了挑战 ,也对马克思主义哲学教育提出了更高的要求。通过分析马克思主义哲学育人价值及其体现 ,指出在现代课堂教学中 ,理论的选择和比较是马克思主义哲学育人价值实现的重要环节。     

一类非线性二阶多点边值问题多个正解的存在性研究

通过定义适当的锥,运用锥映射的不动点定理,结合上下解方法,给出了二阶多点边值问题多个正解存在性的判定方法.作为特例,获得了三点边值问题多个正解存在性的判定依据,从而推广了相关文献中关于二阶三点边值问题正解存在性的结果.     

超音速微粒轰击表面纳米化设备研制

超音速微粒轰击是材料表面纳米化的重要手段,性能优异的专用设备是实现这一工艺的前提。为此,采用数值模拟分析的方法研制了超音速微粒轰击喷枪,在距喷枪出口50mm处获得了平均约320m/s的轰击粒子速度;在对机器人选型和控制系统设计的基础上,集成了超音速微粒轰击表面纳米化设备;应用该设备实现了对38CrSi中碳钢的表面纳米化处理,验证了研制设备的性能。     

基于水下声场信息的三维航路规划研究

针对目前大规模水下复杂战场环境中的航路规划困难的问题。设计了一种以距离值传递法为基础的航路规划方法,该方法以水下声场为主要威胁源,运用三维抛物方程(PE)模型计算水下声场数据,并以此建立三维水下战场环境。利用限制线性八叉树的方法对数据场进行数据分割,从而达到对搜索空间的压缩,最后通过距离值传递法搜索得到最佳航路。仿真结果表明该方法较快的实现了三维声场环境下的不同起始点、多目标寻径,满足一定条件下航路规划要求。     

GM（1，1）组合优化模型

从影响GM（1，1）模型产生误差的两个主要原因出发，重新选择灰导数，并基于Newton．Cote’s积分公式和相邻最近插值方法构造出GM（1，1）组合模型，提出了求该组合模型参数的计算方法，通过实例验证了组合模型的模拟精度，具有重要的应用价值。