A note on “resource flexibility with responsive pricing”

We revisit the capacity investment decision problem studied in the article “Resource Flexibility with Responsive Pricing” by Chod and Rudi [Operations Research 53, (2005) 532–548]. A monopolist firm producing two dependent (substitutable or complementary) products needs to determine the capacity of one flexible resource under demand risk so as to maximize its expected profit. Product demands are linear functions of the prices of both products, and the market potentials are random and correlated. We perform a comparative statics analysis on how demand variability and correlation impact the optimal capacity and the resulting expected profit. In particular, C&R study this problem under the following assumptions/approximations: (i) demand intercepts follow a bivariate Normal distribution; (ii) demand uncertainty is of an additive form; (iii) and under approximate expressions for the optimal capacity and optimal expected profit. We revisit Propositions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 of C&R without these assumptions and approximations, and show that these results continue to hold (i) for the exact expressions for the optimal expected profit and optimal capacity, and (ii) under any arbitrary continuous distribution of demand intercepts. However, we also show that the additive demand uncertainty is a critical assumption for the C&R results to hold. In particular, we provide a case of multiplicative uncertainty under which the C&R results (Propositions 2 and 3) fail. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 2010     

Scheduling parallel dedicated machines with the speeding‐up resource

We consider a problem of scheduling jobs on m parallel machines. The machines are dedicated, i.e., for each job the processing machine is known in advance. We mainly concentrate on the model in which at any time there is one unit of an additional resource. Any job may be assigned the resource and this reduces its processing time. A job that is given the resource uses it at each time of its processing. No two jobs are allowed to use the resource simultaneously. The objective is to minimize the makespan. We prove that the two‐machine problem is NP‐hard in the ordinary sense, describe a pseudopolynomial dynamic programming algorithm and convert it into an FPTAS. For the problem with an arbitrary number of machines we present an algorithm with a worst‐case ratio close to 3/2, and close to 3, if a job can be given several units of the resource. For the problem with a fixed number of machines we give a PTAS. Virtually all algorithms rely on a certain variant of the linear knapsack problem (maximization, minimization, multiple‐choice, bicriteria). © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2008     

高校资源环境类专业开设资源与环境法课程的意义

资源与环境法是高校法学类的核心课程，目前，该课程已经逐渐在资源环境类专业中不同程度的开设。高校资源环境类专业开设资源与环境法课程是非常必要而且很有意义的，（1）文章从开设资源与环境法课程有助于强化学生的环境法制教育；（2）开设资源与环境法课程有助于完善资源环境类专业的学科体系；（3）开设资源与环境法课程有利于大学生参与保护环境的实践活动；（4）开设资源与环境法课程有助于学生了解常识；（5）资源环境法课程的开设有利于丰富教学授课形式等5个方面论证了其意义性。     

基于网格技术的仿真资源实时调度系统研究与实现

针对仿真资源服务运行中存在的性能瓶颈,以WSR工厂模式为基础,设计并实现了一种基于网格技术的仿真资源实时调度系统。该系统通过设置代理工厂服务,在客户端创建资源实例,实现了对仿真资源服务的实时动态调度和对资源属性的监控。原型实验证明,该系统具有调度时机合理、调度机制对服务方与客户端透明、资源监控机制不影响客户端操作和接口开放等优点。     

新疆民俗数学文化探析

新疆民俗数学是具有鲜明民族特色、独特价值和丰富文化内涵的数学思想与思维方式的综合。新疆民俗数学较多地体现在用于造型和装饰的清真寺、民居、民族手工艺品等方面的几何纹饰上。对于民俗数学的研究，一方面是通过对这些集数学知识与传统文化于一体的“文化载体”的搜集、整理和分析，分析其蕴含的数学知识和数学思想；另一方面则关注民俗数学研究成果的教育学转化，在充分考虑新疆少数民族儿童数学认知思维特征以及数学双语教学原则、方法等的基础上，通过实现民俗数学的“课程化”，以弥补当前新疆少数民地区以“主流文化”为主导的数学课程对少数民族传统文化的“缺失”，进而推进本地区基础教育课程改革和数学教育质量的提升。     

机务保障要求到保障方案转换

首先以装备可靠性为依据,以任务要求中任务时间、出动飞机数量、任务可靠度等参数为约束,建立了保障资源的配置模型;在确定保障资源配置基础上再以保障任务时间为优化目标,建立保障任务调度模型和调度算法,按照保障专业调度优化,为保障方案制定奠定了重要基础,对实行精确化保障有重要现实意义,对基层级的保障工作有很强的指导作用。     

一种面向关键属性更新的优化数据一致性算法

规模巨大且分布性强的P2P系统可能导致部分数据副本发布的更新被长时间地延迟,从而降低Internet上资源定位的效率。针对关键属性更新的特点,提出一种解决关键属性更新冲突的优化数据一致性算法。算法中分离出用户提交的更新请求中关于关键属性的更新,在对关键更新冲突分类的基础上,采用更新缓冲预处理和关键更新表两层机制并结合最新写胜出和分而治之规则,优化关键更新冲突的发现和解决。关键属性更新的优化处理使得不会产生因为关键属性更新的延迟而降低系统基于关键属性的资源定位效率,满足面向Internet的P2P系统的要求。模拟测试结果表明该算法在一致性维护开销、资源定位开销与资源访问开销以及鲁棒性方面均具有较好的性能。     

引入价格因素的网络资源分配模型与算法实现

引入价格因素,针对网络资源分配提出PE-EMRA网络资源分配模型,并给出算法实现。PE-EMRA模型综合考虑带宽、缓冲等多种网络资源,调节并限制各业务类流量,使系统总效率最大化。该方法可有效提高资源利用率,提供服务质量保证,并具有配置灵活、实现代价小等特点。     

被动传感器融合检测系统的优化分布密度

被动传感器由于采用无源探测,而且制造成本低,体积小,在战场环境中将采用并配置大量的被动传感器来检测目标.不论是主动还是被动式传感器,在实际应用中均存在资源优化配置问题.针对被动传感器的具体应用模型,采取了若干合理近似,得到了在"OR"融合检测条件下,基于最大检测概率的被动传感器优化配置密度计算公式.     

面向管理员的网络可生存性建模与计算

从网络系统安全评价和管理的角度出发,紧密结合可生存性定义和可生存性的四个特征属性,建立了面向管理员的网络可生存性量化模型;给出了该模型的算法流程;提出了面向管理员的网络可生存性计算公式,该公式中包括恢复率和系统状态转移矩阵的计算方法,反映出可生存性对网络空闲资源和恢复时间的要求;最后进行了面向管理员的网络可生存性计算的仿真实验,表明可以利用有限的网络资源实现高水平的网络可生存性。