Stability in a general oligopoly model

We analyze a general but parsimonious price competition model for an oligopoly in which each firm offers any number of products. The demand volumes are general piecewise affine functions of the full price vector, generated as the “regular” extension of a base set of affine functions. The model specifies a product assortment, along with their prices and demand volumes, in contrast to most commonly used demand models. We identify a fully best response operator which is monotonically increasing so that the market converges to a Nash equilibrium, when firms dynamically adjust their prices, as best responses to their competitors' prices, at least when starting in one of two price regions. Moreover, geometrically fast convergence to a common equilibrium can be guaranteed for an arbitrary starting point, under an additional condition for the price sensitivity matrix.     

How to deal with consumers who group to request a discount?

We investigate operations impacts of consumer‐initiated group buying (CGB), whereby consumers voluntarily form buying groups to negotiate bulk deals with retailers. This differs from regular purchasing whereby consumers visit retailers individually and pay posted prices. Upon the visit by group consumers, a retailer decides to forgo or satisfy their demand in its entirety. Turned down by a retailer, group consumers continue to visit other retailers. In the case where their group effort fails to conclude a deal, some group consumers switch to individual purchasing provided they receive a non‐negative utility by doing so. Even after a successful group event, the group consumers who forgo the event out of utility concern may switch to individual purchasing as well. Retailer competition, group size, and the chance that group consumers switch to individual purchasing upon unsatisfaction are crucial to how retailers adjust operations to deal with CGB. With retailer competition, the rise of CGB results in every consumer paying the same reduced price when group size is small but makes group consumers pay more than by purchasing individually when group size is large. This has mixed consequences on the profits for retailers in both absolute and relative terms.     

What U.S. Navy strategists and defense planners should think about in the era of maritime great power competition

ABSTRACT

For the first time in a generation, the US Navy finds itself in an era of great power competition. As US naval strategists and defense planners begin to organise materially and conceptually to confront the strategic and operational-level challenges posed by China and Russia, what should they keep in mind? What should frame their thinking? Absorbed with the day-to-day tasks associated with managing how the fleet is being built, operated, and rationalised, these busy officers and civilians seldom can step back and gain some perspective on fundamental aspects of the security environment and relate those to naval purpose. To that end, this article provides a primer on what to keep in mind and how to think in an era of maritime great power competition.     

利用对象Petri网验证场景

序列图表示的场景常被用于系统开发早期的需求获取与描述,但因其弱语义性而难以被验证.将序列图表示的场景转换为语义精细的对象Petri网模型OPDL,并通过其仿真环境OPMSE对其进行仿真,将场景描述的系统行为"展示"给需求开发者和用户,以此进行行为需求的验证.     

武器装备试验计量保障有关问题的思考

计量保障是武器装备试验数据准确和试验质量可靠的重要保证,是考核与评价装备战术技术指标的关键环节,在武器装备的发展建设中发挥着不可替代的基础作用。本文结合目前武器装备试验计量保障工作的现状,从计量管理的法制化、试验计量保障能力建设、试验装备的强制检定和装备计量保障信息数据库等若干方面深入阐述了试验需求和法律法规要求,探讨了做好试验计量保障工作应采取的改进措施。     

基于科学计量的机器学习技术发展评估分析

机器学习是通过数据训练使机器获取新的知识和技能的计算机技术，是人工智能技术的核心和前沿领域之一。本文以Web of Science?核心合集收录的机器学习领域相关SCI论文和incoPat全球专利数据库收录的机器学习领域相关专利为数据源，运用科学计量方法对文献数据和专利数据进行时间、地域和机构分布分析，展示了机器学习领域研究实力的分布情况，并对机器学习的发展趋势进行了分析；然后利用主题聚类分析方法及可视化软件VOSviewer，挖掘出机器学习领域的关键技术、技术热点；最后对结果进行了总结分析，以期为我国机器学习发展布局提供参考和借鉴。     

基于兵棋推演的赛事设计与组织

为了将基于兵棋推演的各类赛事活动组织的更加合理、规范和标准化，首先简述了组织兵棋推演活动所需的基本条件，而后通过大量实践经验，就如何组织赛事活动中所涉及的主要内容进行逐一的过程化设计描述，最后从推演准备、推演实施和复盘总结三个方面阐述了赛事活动的组织与实施，为今后从事相关工作的组织和人员提供一种可靠方法。