The knapsack problem with a minimum filling constraint

We study a knapsack problem with an additional minimum filling constraint, such that the total weight of selected items cannot be less than a given threshold. The problem has several applications in shipping, e‐commerce, and transportation service procurement. When the threshold equals the knapsack capacity, even finding a feasible solution to the problem is NP‐hard. Therefore, we consider the case when the ratio α of threshold to capacity is less than 1. For this case, we develop an approximation scheme that returns a feasible solution with a total profit not less than (1 ‐ ε) times the total profit of an optimal solution for any ε > 0, and with a running time polynomial in the number of items, 1/ε, and 1/(1‐α). © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2013     

机动目标状态估计的最小均方误差界

基于多项式模型的各种自适应滤波算法被广泛应用于机动目标跟踪领域,但尚没有统一的评估标准来衡量这些跟踪算法的优劣。由于存在确定的时变未知输入,机动目标的状态估计实际为有偏估计。基于状态估计均方误差最小的准则,推导了多项式模型滤波的最小均方误差界计算方法,获得了使状态估计均方误差最小的过程噪声方差变化规律。该方法给出了各种基于多项式模型的机动目标跟踪算法的估计均方误差下限,也为机动目标跟踪中最优过程噪声方差的设定提供了依据。仿真结果验证了算法的有效性。     

A note on the causal relationship between defence spending and growth in Greece: 1955–93

The causal relationship between economic growth and defence spending has attracted considerable attention and has been the subject of many empirical studies. This paper investigates the existence of a causal link between military expenditure and economic growth in the case of Greece for the period 1955–93. By European Union standards, Greece allocates substantial human and material resources to defence. At the same time, Greece is the poorest European Union member facing chronic economic problems. Using the concept of Granger‐causality, the findings reported herein suggest that neither variable Granger‐causes the other disclosing thereof the absence of any causal ordering between them.     

正切函数的契比协夫逼近及其系数的加速计算法

本文给出正切函数的有理展开和契比协夫展开式系数的加速计算方法;同时在YH-1机上进行了数值试验,结果表明:用现在的系数来计算正切函数,其精度比原来正切函数的精度可提高30%左右。     

Production scheduling with history‐dependent setup times

We consider a parallel‐machine scheduling problem with jobs that require setups. The duration of a setup does not depend only on the job just completed but on a number of preceding jobs. These setup times are referred to as history‐dependent. Such a scheduling problem is often encountered in the food processing industry as well as in other process industries. In our model, we consider two types of setup times—a regular setup time and a major setup time that becomes necessary after several “hard‐to‐clean” jobs have been processed on the same machine. We consider multiple objectives, including facility utilization, flexibility, number of major setups, and tardiness. We solve several special cases assuming predetermined job sequences and propose strongly polynomial time algorithms to determine the optimal timing of the major setups for given job sequences. We also extend our analysis to develop pseudopolynomial time algorithms for cases with additional objectives, including the total weighted completion time, the total weighted tardiness, and the weighted number of tardy jobs. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2012     

一类无穷次多项式系统极限环研究

利用平面自治系统的极限环理论和分支理论研究了一类无穷次多项式系统,并讨论了该系统极限环的存在性和唯一性。应用所得结论,推广并改进了前人的结果。     

低轨预警自由段弹道估计的多项式逼近算法

低轨单星对自由段弹道的估计是天基预警系统需解决的关键技术之一.建立了低轨预警卫星对自由段弹道的观测模型,针对极大似然估计批处理算法的大运算量问题,给出了一种多项式逼近算法,由观测数据的逼近多项式在一些特定采样点的值形成伪观测数据,以伪观测数据代替原观测数据进行弹道估计.仿真表明,精度与极大似然估计相当,运算量显著降低.     

Two-agent scheduling with linear resource-dependent processing times

This paper considers a two-agent scheduling problem with linear resource-dependent processing times, in which each agent has a set of jobs that compete with that of the other agent for the use of a common processing machine, and each agent aims to minimize the weighted number of its tardy jobs. To meet the due date requirements of the jobs of the two agents, additional amounts of a common resource, which may be in discrete or continuous quantities, can be allocated to the processing of the jobs to compress their processing durations. The actual processing time of a job is a linear function of the amount of the resource allocated to it. The objective is to determine the optimal job sequence and resource allocation strategy so as to minimize the weighted number of tardy jobs of one agent, while keeping the weighted number of tardy jobs of the other agent, and the total resource consumption cost within their respective predetermined limits. It is shown that the problem is -hard in the ordinary sense, and there does not exist a polynomial-time approximation algorithm with performance ratio unless ; however it admits a relaxed fully polynomial time approximation scheme. A proximal bundle algorithm based on Lagrangian relaxation is also presented to solve the problem approximately. To speed up convergence and produce sharp bounds, enhancement strategies including the design of a Tabu search algorithm and integration of a Lagrangian recovery heuristic into the algorithm are devised. Extensive numerical studies are conducted to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed algorithms.     

基于小波去噪半参数回归模型的卫星轨道测量数据预处理方法

由于卫星轨道测量数据中含有非线性误差,使用传统的最小二乘多项式拟合方法对其进行预处理必然会降低定轨精度.在半参数回归模型的基础上,应用小波阈值去噪算法估计并消除观测数据中存在的非线性误差,提出了基于小波去噪半参数回归模型的卫星轨道测量数据预处理方法,以提高数据预处理的精度.对某卫星USB跟踪数据应用该方法进行了仿真,仿真结果表明:该方法可以分离出观测数据中的白噪声和非线性误差,从而可以在观测数据中消除非线性误差的影响,提高数据预处理的精度.     

Approximation schemes for single‐machine scheduling with a fixed maintenance activity to minimize the total amount of late work

We consider the problem of scheduling n independent and simultaneously available jobs without preemption on a single machine, where the machine has a fixed maintenance activity. The objective is to find the optimal job sequence to minimize the total amount of late work, where the late work of a job is the amount of processing of the job that is performed after its due date. We first discuss the approximability of the problem. We then develop two pseudo‐polynomial dynamic programming algorithms and a fully polynomial‐time approximation scheme for the problem. Finally, we conduct extensive numerical studies to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithms. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 63: 172–183, 2016