Trade credit contract in the presence of retailer investment opportunity

This paper presents a model for designing a trade credit contract between a supplier and a retailer that would coordinate a supply chain in the presence of investment opportunity for the retailer. Specifically, we study a newsvendor model where the supplier offers a trade credit contract to the retailer who, by delaying the payment, can invest the accounts payable amount and earn returns. We find that when the channel partners have symmetric information about the retailer's investment return, a conditionally concessional trade credit (CTC) contract, which includes a wholesale price, an interest‐free period, and a minimum order requirement, can achieve channel coordination. We then extend the model to the information asymmetry setting in which the retailer's investment return is unobservable by the supplier. We show that, although the CTC contract cannot achieve the coordination in this setting, it can effectively improve channel efficiency as well as profitability for individual partners.     

The military as a learning organisation: establishing the fundamentals of best-practice in lessons-learned

The post-Cold War era has witnessed the rapid expansion of organisational learning initiatives within NATO militaries, especially formal “lessons-learned” processes. The effectiveness of national lessons-learned processes in recalibrating military activity to the demands of ongoing operations has been highly-differentiated. However, the academic literature on military change and practitioner guidance has been slow to investigate the key features of best-practice in military learning. This article breaks new ground by drawing upon the literature on dynamic organisational capabilities to explore the fundamental organisational processes and activities which are necessary to implement successful lessons-learned. It examines, in particular, the organisational features which facilitate “knowledge transformation”: the effective combination of new knowledge gained from intra- and inter-organisational learning with existing organisational knowledge. The article concludes by highlighting several potential future empirical and theoretical research agendas in military learning and the importance of engagement between lessons-learned practitioners and organisational learning scholars.     

一类具有时滞的病毒动力学模型分析

研究一类具有时滞的病毒动力学模型。研究了系统解的有界性;讨论了各个非负平衡点的局部稳定性,应用比较定理得到了各非负平衡点全局渐近稳定的充分条件。     

Transforming the Spanish military

The article analyses the Spanish military transformation. This process started in 2004 as a means to adapt the force structure, organization and capabilities of the Spanish military to meet present and future threats in compliance with NATO’s initiatives, thus ensuring the continuity of the equipment modernization, professionalization and the adjustment of the country’s defence architecture to the post-cold war environment. A decade later, although transformation is still a priority for the Ministry of Defence, limited political will, a lack of strategic guidance, poor resource management and the effects of the economic crisis are compromising its development. This article describes the Spanish military transformation and assesses its value in adapting the country’s armed forces to the current and prospective security environment.     

一种无线传感器网络中的Sybil攻击检测方案

Sybil攻击破坏无线传感器网络中的数据融合、公平资源分配等机制，因此对Sybil攻击的防范与检测具有很重要的意义。将一种基于到达时间差（TDOA）的三维定位引入到Sybil攻击的检测中，算法可以检测存在的Sybil攻击并对Sybil节点进行定位。通过性能分析证明该算法具有开销小、有效性高的特点。     

GBAS中抑制电离层异常的改进自适应Hatch滤波算法

针对单频地基增强系统(Ground Based Augmentation System, GBAS)中电离层异常时Hatch滤波器平滑精度降低问题,系统分析了电离层延时对Hatch滤波器平滑精度的影响,提出一种改进自适应Hatch滤波算法。根据卫星信号计算码载偏离度,并利用二阶线性时不变低通滤波器抑制码载偏离度高频信号,以实现电离层异常实时检测;建立平滑后伪距误差均方根与电离层延时变化率、伪距测量噪声标准差以及平滑时间三者之间的函数模型,并由此确定出Hatch滤波器最优平滑时间。利用GBAS原理样机进行验证实验,结果表明:自适应Hatch滤波算法能够根据卫星信号电离层延时变化率确定滤波器最优平滑时间,且当电离层异常时,自适应Hatch滤波器机载位置误差最大由1.15 m减小为0.43 m,从而验证了所提算法的有效性。     

Sol-gel法制备纳米TiO_2凝胶过程的控制

以钛酸四丁酯为前驱物,采用溶胶-凝胶法制备TiO2凝胶。通过改变各原料的配比和实验条件对凝胶过程中的作用机理进行了探究。结果表明:当无水乙醇与钛酸四丁酯的摩尔比为12:1,蒸馏水与钛酸四丁酯的摩尔比为3:1,抑制剂与钛酸四丁酯的摩尔比为1:1～2:1,pH=2,最适水解温度为25℃时,制得了稳定的二氧化钛凝胶。     

复杂约束下的导弹作战任务规划模型和算法研究

导弹作战任务规划是一个涉及时间、资源、质量和其他关系约束的复杂问题。首先通过定义约束满足效用对基本约束满足模型进行了扩展，建立了导弹任务规划的约束满足优化模型。在此基础上，研究了任务规划模型求解的时间和效用传播算法，提出了基于综合效用的优化求解框架。该模型和求解框架易于解决具有多种约束因素的复杂问题，具有较好的通用性。通过定义软、硬约束效用，使得实际任务规划问题求解具有更好的灵活性。     

钢筋混凝土楼板耐火当量时间研究

从隔热性方面研究钢筋混凝土楼板的耐火极限，以室内火灾轰燃后的房间热平衡和热传导理论为基础，以钢筋混凝土楼板火灾中背火面的最高温度相等为原则，用计算机数值分析方法计算出楼板的隔火当量时间，并用最小二乘法回归出当量时间关于火灾荷栽密度和开口因子的计算公式，结果可使设计方法得到简化，为性能化耐火设计提供一定的参考。     

美国国防部后勤转型

简要介绍了美军后勤的定义与管理构架，分析了美国国防部（DoD）后勤转型的背景和实施过程，研究了DOD后勤转型的特点，并结合军队后勤体制变革总结几点启示。