Puzzle‐based storage systems

We introduce and develop models for a physical goods storage system based on the 15‐puzzle, a classic children's game in which 15 numbered tiles slide within a 4 × 4 grid. The objective of the game is to arrange the tiles in numerical sequence, starting from a random arrangement. For our purposes, the tiles represent totes, pallets, or even containers that must be stored very densely, and the objective is to maneuver items to an input–output point for retrieval or processing. We develop analytical results for storage configurations having a single empty location (as in the game) and experimental results for configurations with multiple empty locations. Designs with many empty locations can be made to form aisles, allowing us to compare puzzle‐based designs with traditional aisle‐based designs found in warehousing systems. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007     

Probabilistic solution and bounds for serial inventory systems with discounted and average costs

We consider the infinite horizon serial inventory system with both average cost and discounted cost criteria. The optimal echelon base‐stock levels are obtained in terms of only probability distributions of leadtime demands. This analysis yields a novel approach for developing bounds and heuristics for optimal inventory control polices. In addition to deriving the known bounds in literature, we develop several new upper bounds for both average cost and discounted cost models. Numerical studies show that the bounds and heuristic are very close to optimal.© 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007     

Untruthful probabilistic demand forecasts in vendor‐managed revenue‐sharing contracts: Coordinating the chain

Vendor‐managed revenue‐sharing arrangements are common in the newspaper and other industries. Under such arrangements, the supplier decides on the level of inventory while the retailer effectively operates under consignment, sharing the sales revenue with his supplier. We consider the case where the supplier is unable to predict demand, and must base her decisions on the retailer‐supplied probabilistic forecast for demand. We show that the retailer's best choice of a distribution to report to his supplier will not be the true demand distribution, but instead will be a degenerate distribution that surprisingly induces the supplier to provide the system‐optimal inventory quantity. (To maintain credibility, the retailer's reports of daily sales must then be consistent with his supplied forecast.) This result is robust under nonlinear production costs and nonlinear revenue‐sharing. However, if the retailer does not know the supplier's production cost, the forecast “improves” and could even be truthful. That, however, causes the supplier's order quantity to be suboptimal for the overall system. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007     

Production to order and off‐line inspection when the production process is partially observable

This study combines inspection and lot‐sizing decisions. The issue is whether to INSPECT another unit or PRODUCE a new lot. A unit produced is either conforming or defective. Demand need to be satisfied in full, by conforming units only. The production process may switch from a “good” state to a “bad” state, at constant rate. The proportion of conforming units in the good state is higher than in the bad state. The true state is unobservable and can only be inferred from the quality of units inspected. We thus update, after each inspection, the probability that the unit, next candidate for inspection, was produced while the production process was in the good state. That “good‐state‐probability” is the basis for our decision to INSPECT or PRODUCE. We prove that the optimal policy has a simple form: INSPECT only if the good‐state‐probability exceeds a control limit. We provide a methodology to calculate the optimal lot size and the expected costs associated with INSPECT and PRODUCE. Surprisingly, we find that the control limit, as a function of the demand (and other problem parameters) is not necessarily monotone. Also, counter to intuition, it is possible that the optimal action is PRODUCE, after revealing a conforming unit. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007     

软件构件可靠性与费用分配最优模型

针对软件构件可靠性和费用分配问题,给出一种可靠性和费用分配最优模型。文中将软件系统可靠性定义为软件构件失效密度、操作剖面、构件使用矩阵以及软件无失效运行时间的函数,描述了费用最优模型的建立和利用非线性规划理论求解模型的步骤,有效地处理了带有复杂计算的目标函数和约束条件的可靠性和费用最优分配问题。计算实例表明,利用该模型进行可靠性和费用分配是可行的。     

Kurtosis correction method for X̄ and R control charts for long‐tailed symmetrical distributions

This paper proposes a kurtosis correction (KC) method for constructing the X? and R control charts for symmetrical long‐tailed (leptokurtic) distributions. The control charts are similar to the Shewhart control charts and are very easy to use. The control limits are derived based on the degree of kurtosis estimated from the actual (subgroup) data. It is assumed that the underlying quality characteristic is symmetrically distributed and no other distributional and/or parameter assumptions are made. The control chart constants are tabulated and the performance of these charts is compared with that of the Shewhart control charts. For the case of the logistic distribution, the exact control limits are derived and are compared with the KC method and the Shewhart method. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007     

基于TSMD-SVM-HMM的机内测试智能降虚警方法

机内测试虚警问题是影响系统完好性和使用保障费用的重要因素。针对环境因素导致的虚警问题,设计了时间环境应力测量装置,应用支持向量机的小样本学习优点,建立虚警与环境因素的关联关系,应用隐马尔可夫模型的连续动态信号处理能力,描述系统长期工作历程中虚警的发生规律,提出了基于时间环境应力测量装置-支持向量机-隐马尔可夫模型的机内测试智能降虚警方法。最后,在某型直升机航向姿态系统上进行了应用与验证,试验结果表明:该方法有效识别出了机内测试的虚警。     

机电系统故障—时间应力的关联分析技术研究

时间应力测量装置技术是一种测量和存储各种应力数据以及对这些数据进行挖掘与分析的技术。简要介绍了时间应力的基本概念及其研究应用的发展历程。在此基础上,提出了基于故障模式、影响及应力分析(FMESA)的时间应力与机电系统故障的定性关联分析方法和基于多元logistic回归的定量关联分析方法。最后,以某型航空地平仪为对象进行了案例研究。案例分析结果表明,文中提出的时间应力与机电系统故障的关联分析方法能分析出影响系统性能的关键应力因素,为机电系统的故障诊断及故障预测提供基础。     

动基站时差探测系统定位方法研究

针对传统长基线时差探测系统的缺点,提出了全新的动基站时差测量系统并给出了目标的定位原理。在典型布站、信息存在冗余的前提下,通过子集选优法确定了最佳定位算法,并根据工程应用的需要确定了更加合理简捷的定位算法,统计仿真表明了该算法的有效性。最后,计算了目标高度测量精度并归纳了其特点,给出了有益的结论。     

反导作战信息流时延模型研究

在现代防空反导作战中,战术弹道导弹的威胁,给防空系统带来了预警时间不足等一些新的问题。为了提高防空系统的反导预警能力,在对反导作战过程和反导预警作战过程进行分析的基础之上,对反导预警信息流程进行了研究。提出了一种边处理-边分发的实时模式,通过对比分析,所提模型缩短了预警信息的传输时间,使作战部队提前预警。