概率分布在库存弹药贮存可靠性研究中的应用

本文探讨在库存弹药贮存可靠性研究中应用概率分布的特点,阐述了几种常用概率分布的可靠性特性和物理模型,分析了弹药系统的可靠性结构特征和贮存失效特性,最后提出了在库存弹药的贮存可靠性研究中选择概率分布的依据。     

泊松分布的错误图样对纠错码译码性能的影响

为了在"比特级"层面对纠错码进行更深入的研究,提出了一种服从泊松分布的错误图样分布模型。通过一定的方法产生符合泊松分布特性的二进制序列,并使"1"的数目在整个序列中可控,以此来产生所需的错误图样。同时,以卷积码、RS码以及RS+卷积级联码为研究对象,以随机错误为参照,分别分析了该错误图样下三者的译码性能。仿真结果表明,基于泊松分布的错误图样对卷积码和级联码的影响要大于随机错误图样,而随机错误图样对RS码的影响更大。     

中程空空导弹冲淡式干扰模型

中程空空导弹的末制导主动雷达一方面提高了中程空空导弹作战效能和载机的生成概率,另一方面也为对中程空空导弹实施冲淡式干扰提供了机会。基于冲淡式干扰的基本原理建立了中程空空导弹的冲淡式电子干扰模型,分析了各种不同攻防对策下的冲淡式干扰的效果及其变化趋势,在此基础上讨论了对抗双方在冲淡式电子对抗中的最优对策。     

装甲装备修理对象修理工作量的分布模型及应用

通过论述当今典型军队战时修理机构任务的划分,给出了装甲装备修理对象按照修理工作量和按照修理时间分布的2种模型,结合俄陆军各级修理机构修理时限的划分,计算得到了典型装甲装备的技术故障和战损产生的修理对象在各级修理机构的概率分布,为开展战损研究提供了一条新途径,对提高技术保障方案的准确性有积极作用。     

相依风险下的超额赔款再保险

本文通过求二次效用函数的货币期望效用的最大值来确定自留额，认为索赔次数服从二元泊松分布，超额赔款再保险的保费按期望值原理进行计算。     

基于匹配度的火力分配模型

主要从一体化联合作战的角度,探讨了在综合考虑目标与武器匹配性的情况下武器-目标分配(W TA)模型的建立问题。首先,分析了目标属性与武器属性的匹配关系,例如目标与武器距离和武器射程的匹配关系、目标抗毁能力与弹药威力的匹配关系、目标反击能力与武器突防能力的匹配关系等等;然后,引入目标与武器匹配度的概念,并且给出了匹配度的计算方法,其中包括效费比系数、时间系数、侦察概率、突防概率以及摧毁杀伤概率的计算方法;最后,利用非线性规划构造了火力分配模型。     

The value of losing control: Competition in markets for complements

When selling complementary products, manufacturers can often benefit from considering the resulting cross‐market interdependencies. Although using independent retailers makes it difficult to internalize these positive externalities, the ensuing double marginalization can mitigate within‐market competition. We use standard game theoretic analysis to determine optimal distribution channel strategies (through independent retailers or integrated) for competing manufacturers who participate in markets for complements. Our results suggest that a firm's optimal channel choice is highly dependent on its competitive positioning. A firm with a competitive advantage in terms of product characteristics (customer preferences) or production capabilities (cost) might benefit from selling through company‐controlled stores, allowing coordinated pricing across the two markets, whereas a less competitive firm might be better off using independent channel intermediaries to mitigate price competition. We consider two scenarios depending on whether the two firms make their distribution channel decisions sequentially or simultaneously. Although firms are unlikely to make such decisions at exactly the same instant, the simultaneous model also serves as a proxy for the scenario where firms decide sequentially, but where they cannot observe each other's strategic channel choices. For the sequential case, we find that the sequence of entry can have tremendous impact on the two firms'profits; whereas in some cases, the first mover can achieve substantially higher profits, we find that when the two markets are of sufficiently different size and only loosely related, a firm with a competitive advantage might be better off as a follower. Interestingly, our results suggest that, when the markets are of rather similar size, both firms are better off if they enter the industry sequentially. In those cases, the first entrant has incentive to reveal its planned channel strategies, and the follower has incentive to seek out and consider this information. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2010     

Design of accelerated life testing plans under multiple stresses

Accelerated life testing (ALT) using multiple stresses is commonly used in practice to resemble the operating stresses at normal operating conditions and obtain failure observations in a much shorter time. However, to date, there is little research into the theory of planning ALT for reliability estimation with multiple stresses. ALT with multiple stresses can result in a large number of stress‐level combinations which presents a challenge for implementation. In this article, we propose an approach for the design of ALT plans with multiple stresses and formulate multistress test plans based on different objectives and practical constraints. We develop a simulated annealing algorithm to efficiently determine the testing plan parameters. We demonstrate the proposed method with examples based on an actual test conducted using three stress types. The obtained optimal test plans are compared with those based on fractional factorial design. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 60: 468–478, 2013     

When are observed failures more informative than observed survivals?

A framework involving independent competing risks permits observing failures due to a specific cause and failures due to a competing cause, which constitute survival times from the cause of primary interest. Is observing more failures more informative than observing survivals? Intuitively, due to the definitiveness of failures, the answer seems to be the former. However, it has been shown before that this intuition holds when estimating the mean but not the failure rate of the exponential model with a gamma prior distribution for the failure rate. In this article, we address this question at a more general level. We show that for a certain class of distributions failures can be more informative than survivals for prediction of life length and vice versa for some others. We also show that for a large class of lifetime models, failure is less informative than survival for estimating the proportional hazards parameter with gamma, Jeffreys, and uniform priors. We further show that, for this class of lifetime models, on average, failure is more informative than survival for parameter estimation and for prediction. These results imply that the inferential purpose and properties of the lifetime distribution are germane for conducting life tests. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2013     

Directional change‐point detection for process control with multivariate categorical data

Most modern processes involve multiple quality characteristics that are all measured on attribute levels, and their overall quality is determined by these characteristics simultaneously. The characteristic factors usually correlate with each other, making multivariate categorical control techniques a must. We study Phase I analysis of multivariate categorical processes (MCPs) to identify the presence of change‐points in the reference dataset. A directional change‐point detection method based on log‐linear models is proposed. The method exploits directional shift information and integrates MCPs into the unified framework of multivariate binomial and multivariate multinomial distributions. A diagnostic scheme for identifying the change‐point location and the shift direction is also suggested. Numerical simulations are conducted to demonstrate the detection effectiveness and the diagnostic accuracy.© 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2013