The incentive effect of acceptance sampling plans in a supply chain with endogenous product quality

This article studies a firm that procures a product from a supplier. The quality of each product unit is measured by a continuous variable that follows a normal distribution and is correlated within a batch. The firm conducts an inspection and pays the supplier only if the product batch passes the inspection. The inspection not only serves the purpose of preventing a bad batch from reaching customers but also offers the supplier an incentive to improve product quality. The firm determines the acceptance sampling plan, and the supplier determines the quality effort level in either a simultaneous game or a Stackelberg leadership game, in which both parties share inspection cost and recall loss caused by low product quality. In the simultaneous game, we identify the Nash equilibrium form, provide sufficient conditions that guarantee the existence of a pure strategy Nash equilibrium, and find parameter settings under which the decentralized and centralized supply chains achieve the same outcome. By numerical experiments, we show that the firm's acceptance sampling plan and the supplier's quality effort level are sensitive to both the recall loss sharing ratio and the game format (i.e., the precommitment assumption of the inspection policy). © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2013     

基于改进CS的随机PRI雷达精确测速及杂波抑制算法

传统的脉冲多普勒雷达存在严重的测距测速模糊和盲区效应。考虑在正常脉冲重复间隔(PRI)上叠加一个随机扰动,并把PRI的随机变化巧妙转化为稀疏观测矩阵的受限等距性质,提出的基于压缩感知的随机脉冲重复间隔雷达为全相参动目标检测提供了一种新思路。针对其在实际应用中存在的粗糙损失和杂波干扰两个问题,分别提出了基于局部词典细化的精确测速算法和基于改进优化模型的杂波抑制方法。仿真实验结果表明该方案具有较高的测速精度和较强的杂波抑制性能。     

主方差分析方法

该文提出一种对高维随机向量 X=( x1 ,x2 ,… ,xp)′p× 1 进行降维处理的实用方法 ,其基本思想是利用矩阵的扫描运算 ,构造 X的很少几个综合指标 (称为主方差变量 )以反映 X的统计特性。给出了该方法的理论依据和直观解释以及算法。特别指出 ,当变量 X多重相关性突出时 ,该文方法显著地优于主成分分析方法。     

利用区间着色 Petri 网的 C~3I 系统时延分析

Ｃ３Ｉ系统是一个复杂的分布式离散事件动态系统,适合于用Ｐｅｔｒｉ网来描述其异步,并发行的,而且Ｃ３Ｉ系统是一个时间准则系统,文中提出的区间着色Ｐｅｔｒｉ网非常适合于分析其严格时限,并给出计算时延上（下）界的算法。     

一种双参数批更换系统的优化问题

研究了一种在更换时间有限的情况下 ,基于交替更新过程的双参数批更换系统的优化问题 ,这一问题的目标是平均费用率的极小化。给出了一种特殊情况的讨论结果。     

Interval scheduling: A survey

In interval scheduling, not only the processing times of the jobs but also their starting times are given. This article surveys the area of interval scheduling and presents proofs of results that have been known within the community for some time. We first review the complexity and approximability of different variants of interval scheduling problems. Next, we motivate the relevance of interval scheduling problems by providing an overview of applications that have appeared in literature. Finally, we focus on algorithmic results for two important variants of interval scheduling problems. In one variant we deal with nonidentical machines: instead of each machine being continuously available, there is a given interval for each machine in which it is available. In another variant, the machines are continuously available but they are ordered, and each job has a given “maximal” machine on which it can be processed. We investigate the complexity of these problems and describe algorithms for their solution. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007     

区间分解组合迭代算法用于非确定结构系统的静力区间分析

对于结构参数向量界限绝对离差较大的非确定结构系统,迭代计算收敛条件难以满足,修正迭代算法不能直接用于其区间有限元静力控制方程的求解。采用区问分解组合求解策略,考虑区间矩阵、向量元素间的相关性,直接对结构参数区间进行区间分解,将非确定结构系统区间有限元控制方程的求解转化为若干个子区间有限元静力控制方程的修正迭代求解,提出了一种求解过程可逆的区间分解组合迭代算法,用于结构参数向量界限绝对离差较大的非确定结构系统的静力区间分析。算例结果表明,该方法是有效的。     

基于威布尔比例故障率模型的装备检测间隔期多属性模糊决策方法

在对威布尔比例故障率模型进行研究的基础上,以可接受的故障风险为约束,计算了装备的检测间隔期。由于装备使用受到故障风险、检测费用、可用度及停机时间等多属性影响,运用基于加权投影折中法建立了模糊多属性状态检测周期决策模型,实现了多因素条件下状态检测间隔期的综合优化决策。最后,通过实例分析验证了该模型的适用性。     

逐步增加Ⅱ型截尾样本下k/N(G)系统可靠性指标的置信区间

在逐步增加Ⅰ型截尾样本下,研究k/N(G)系统可靠性指标的区间估计问题。假设部件寿命服从指数分布,利用极大似然法和Bayes方法,首先给出了部件失效率的Bayes近似置信区间,其次推导出了系统可靠度和平均寿命的Bayes近似置信区间的计算公式。最后给出随机模拟例子,并对置信区间的精度进行了讨论。     

Exploring the economic motivation of maritime piracy

This paper presents two hypotheses regarding the relationship between marine fisheries and maritime piracy. These hypotheses are based on the opportunity and willingness framework and describe how fish values and production can drive fishermen to engage in illegal activities, and the mechanisms that their capabilities and choices make available to them stipulate the forms that piracy takes when facing a declining fishing economy. The hypotheses are tested with the Maritime Piracy Data (MPD) using the negative binomial regression and the bivariate Poisson model. This study uses the instrumental variable approach to deal with endogeneity through two instruments: chlorophyll concentrations and temperature. The statistical analysis shows that unsophisticated piracy attacks are sensitive to fish production, but sophisticated attacks can be affected by both fish production and fish values and depend on the opportunity cost of existing fisheries and finding work in other industries.