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     

改进预测协方差门限法的采样周期自适应选择算法

传感器采样周期是影响目标跟踪的一个重要参数。现有自适应采样周期策略中,一些算法运算量比较大,计算效率低,不具有一般性。为此提出了一种改进的预测协方差门限法。该算法改进传统采样周期的全遍历寻优策略。最后与几种自适应采样周期算法与固定采样周期算法通过交互式多模型(IMM)滤波算法进行仿真比较。仿真结果表明该算法在目标跟踪过程中能满足跟踪需求,具有较少的计算量,较高的运行效率,比固定采样周期算法更能节约资源。     

基于多分辨分析的数值积分算法

从多分辨分析思想出发 ,推导出一种计算数值积分的算法 ,通过加强迫函数改善其精度。利用张量扩张的原理 ,将其推广到计算多维数值积分。结果表明 ,它不但与传统的Simpson算法有较好的一致性 ,而且对于震荡积分也有较高的精度。     

独特的微机正弦扫频振动控制技术

以通用微机为主控单元进行正弦扫频振动控制的独特之处在于驱动信号的生成、修正,响应信号的采样、分析以及系统传递函数计算等控制功能均主要由微机软件完成。本文主要介绍上述控制功能的软件设计原理,并给出相应的实验结果。     

阻抗测试的采样数值算法

提出一种用于阻抗测量的算法———采样数值算法 ,这种算法是将激励信号和阻抗产生的响应信号通过同步采样技术转换成数值序列 ,将响应数值序列在由激励数值序列构成的正交坐标系中分解 ,得到响应数值序列的同相分量和正交分量 ,求出测试阻抗的参数值。这种阻抗测试的算法 ,具有独特的优点 ,不产生原理测量误差 ,测量精度高     

基于多通道通信技术的高速数据采集器的研制

主要介绍应用多通道通信技术开发研制的高速数据采集器的功能特点 ,对实际研制和使用中的几个关键技术进行了较详细的分析讨论 .应用于流场测试试验的结果表明 ,该系统速度快、稳定性好、功能齐全且自动化程度高 .该系统具有的高精度非常适合于流场测试 ,能确保测试的准确性     

Designing acceptance sampling schemes for life testing with mixed censoring

Mixed censoring is useful extension of Type I and Type II censoring and combines some advantages of both types of censoring. This paper proposes a general Bayesian framework for designing a variable acceptance sampling scheme with mixed censoring. A general loss function which includes the sampling cost, the time‐consuming cost, the salvage value, and the decision loss is employed to determine the Bayes risk and the corresponding optimal sampling plan. An explicit expression of the Bayes risk is derived. The new model can easily be adapted to create life testing models for different distributions. Specifically, two commonly used distributions including the exponential distribution and the Weibull distribution are considered with a special decision loss function. We demonstrate that the proposed model is superior to models with Type I or Type II censoring. Numerical examples are reported to illustrate the effectiveness of the method proposed. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004     

Clustered coverage orienteering problem of unmanned surface vehicles for water sampling

This study investigates a clustered coverage orienteering problem (CCOP), which is a generalization of the classical orienteering problem. The problem is widely motivated by the emerging unmanned techniques (eg, unmanned surface vehicles and drones) applied to environmental monitoring. Specifically, the unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are used to monitor reservoir water quality by collecting samples. In the CCOP, the water sampling sites (ie, the nodes) are grouped into clusters, and a minimum number of nodes must be visited in each cluster. With each node representing a certain coverage area of the water, the objective of the CCOP is to monitor as much as possible the total coverage area in one tour of the USV, considering that overlapping areas provide no additional information. An integer programming model is first formulated through a linearization procedure that captures the overlapping feature. A two-stage exact algorithm is proposed to obtain an optimal solution to the problem. The efficiency and effectiveness of the two-stage exact algorithm are demonstrated through experiments on randomly generated instances. The algorithm can effectively solve instances with up to 60 sampling sites.     

基于两阶段抽样法的作战仿真实验方案优选分析

通过作战仿真实验进行实验方案的优选分析研究,分别针对实验方案中的单一实验指标和综合实验指标进行了实验方案优选分析。首先运用两阶段抽样法完成了单一实验指标的实验方案优选分析,进而通过欧几里德贴近度分析了综合实验指标的实验方案优选分析,最后给出了两阶段抽样法在作战仿真实验中进行实验方案优选分析的应用实例。     

Double window acceptance sampling

We introduce the concept of a sequential double window procedure and compare the resulting acceptance test with both a fixed sample size method as well as with the Wald sequential probability ratio test. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004