Single machine just‐in‐time scheduling problems with two competing agents

In scheduling problems with two competing agents, each one of the agents has his own set of jobs to be processed and his own objective function, and both share a common processor. In the single‐machine problem studied in this article, the goal is to find a joint schedule that minimizes the total deviation of the job completion times of the first agent from a common due‐date, subject to an upper bound on the maximum deviation of job completion times of the second agent. The problem is shown to be NP‐hard even for a nonrestrictive due‐date, and a pseudopolynomial dynamic program is introduced and tested numerically. For the case of a restrictive due‐date (a sufficiently small due‐date that may restrict the number of early jobs), a faster pseudopolynomial dynamic program is presented. We also study the multiagent case, which is proved to be strongly NP‐hard. A simple heuristic for this case is introduced, which is tested numerically against a lower bound, obtained by extending the dynamic programming algorithm. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 61: 1–16, 2014     

Some comparisons of residual life of coherent systems with exchangeable components

Most of the research, on the study of the reliability properties of technical systems, assume that the components of the system operate independently. However, in real life situation, it is more reasonable to assume that there is dependency among the components of the system. In this article, we give sufficient conditions based on the signature and the joint distribution of component lifetimes to obtain stochastic ordering results for coherent and mixed systems with exchangeable components. Some stochastic orders on dynamic (or conditional) signature of coherent systems are also provided. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 61: 549–556, 2014     

Power series expansions for the distribution and mean value function of a geometric process with Weibull interarrival times

The geometric process is considered when the distribution of the first interarrival time is assumed to be Weibull. Its one‐dimensional probability distribution is derived as a power series expansion of the convolution of the Weibull distributions. Further, the mean value function is expanded into a power series using an integral equation. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 61: 599–603, 2014     

面向大型机构的统一身份管理方法

通过借鉴自由联盟组织提出的Liberty框架,并针对该框架的结构以及身份提供者之间信任关系的建立模式进行改造,提出一种面向大型机构的新型身份管理联盟。新型的身份管理联盟比Liberty框架更加适用于具有分布性、自治性、全局性和协同性的大型机构。新型的身份管理联盟在物理结构上可看作由多个身份提供者节点组成的一棵树,其中每个身份提供者节点必须并且只能与其父节点和子节点建立信任关系,这与现实中各个大型机构的树状层级结构是完全相符的。在系统实现过程中,依托新型身份管理联盟的树状结构,并采用LDAP实现了用户认证数据的分级存储。此外还通过安全认证网关在网络层对用户的接入进行控制,从而能够同时支持B/S和C/S两类应用系统的单点登录。     

太阳电池阵组合基板模态参数分析的半解析模型

基于分布参数系统传递函数方法的基本理论,针对空间结构太阳电池阵的特殊结构形式,通过将太阳电池阵基板划分为条形单元,将基板间连接铰链副简化为均匀梁单元,并利用条形单元与梁单元公共结点间位移连续与力平衡条件,建立了空间结构太阳电池阵动力学特性分析的半解析计算模型。得到了太阳电池阵单块基板和多块组合基板的模态参数计算值,并将其计算结果与有限元结果进行了比较。     

金属化聚丙烯膜脉冲电容器过载特性研究*

脉冲电容器作为爆磁压缩激励电流源的储能元件之一,通常要求单次可靠运行。正是由于单次运行,为脉冲电容器的过载工作提供了极大的可能。过载工作的电容器与额定电容器相比具有体积小、重量轻的优点,可实现爆磁压缩激励电流源的紧凑化。本文研究了不同温度下国产金属化聚丙烯膜脉冲电容器的过载特性,如过载运行的储能密度,放电电流及可靠度等。实验表明：在-45℃~60℃范围内过载运行这种电容器,其储能密度可达额定储能密度的1.8倍,同时在0.95的置信水平下,其过载运行的可靠度单侧置信下限为0.9,可以实现稳定可靠运行。     

Limiting survival functions of self‐similar structures

We show the existence of a unique analytic single parameter limiting survival function arising from the repeated composition of a coherent structure as the number of components tends to infinity. Examples include the repeated composition process of the bridge structure. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.     

Bivariate models from univariate life distributions: A characterization cum modeling approach

Bivariate life distribution models are of importance for studying interdependent components. We present a generic approach by introducing a new concept of characterized model in stead of a characterized distribution. It strikes a balance between characterization and modeling approaches to eliminate their individual limitations and incorporate their respective strengths. The proposed model, being a characterized one, admits many important properties irrespective of the choice of marginal distributions. The retention of univariate IFR, DFR, IFRA, DFRA, NBU, and NWU class properties in the bivariate setup has been ensured along with some results on series combinations and convolution. No other models, available in the literature, can ensure simultaneous retention of these fundamental and extremely important class properties. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004     

Warranty costs: An age‐dependent failure/repair model

An age‐dependent repair model is proposed. The notion of the “calendar age” of the product and the degree of repair are used to define the virtual age of the product. The virtual failure rate function and the virtual hazard function related to the lifetime of the product are discussed. Under a nonhomogeneous Poisson process scenario the expected warranty costs for repairable products associated with linear pro‐rata, nonrenewing free replacement and renewing free replacement warranties are evaluated. Illustration of the results is given by numerical and graphical examples. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.     

A general approach to the shape of failure rate and MRL functions

Failure rate and mean residual life are two important characteristics for studying reliability of products. In literature, some work studied the shape of failure rate function based on the knowledge of the associated probability density function; some other work investigated the shape of mean residual life function based on the shape of the associated failure rate function separately for continuous case and discrete case. In this article, a general approach is developed which can be applied to the aforementioned studies. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004