Optimal pricing for a short life‐cycle product when customer price‐sensitivity varies over time

Technology products often experience a life‐cycle demand pattern that resembles a diffusion process, with weak demand in the beginning and the end of the life cycle and high demand intensity in between. The customer price‐sensitivity also changes over the life cycle of the product. We study the prespecified pricing decision for a product that exhibits such demand characteristics. In particular, we determine the optimal set of discrete prices and the times to switch from one price to another, when a limited number of price changes are allowed. Our study shows that the optimal prices and switching times show interesting patterns that depend on the product's demand pattern and the change in the customers' price sensitivity over the life cycle of the product. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2012     

采用向量内积的并行相关算法

针对软件接收机相关器计算的实时性问题,通过分析扩频信号的接收过程,建立一种基于向量内积的并行相关信号接收模型。利用图形处理单元中大量的浮点运算单元进行矩阵与向量运算,并行计算各通道相关值,提高了信号相关运算的实时性。仿真验证结果表明,利用基于GPU的向量内积软件并行相关算法计算25 MHz采样率时长1 ms的信号相关值,25个通道共150个相关运算耗时967μs,与CPU上基于数学核心函数库的实现相比速度约提高了61.4倍,能够实现宽带扩频信号软件实时相关接收。     

C4ISR系统体系结构设计集成环境

C4ISR系统体系结构设计是系统综合集成的基础.针对C4ISR体系结构框架2.0,分析了体系结构产品的特点,研究了体系结构产品设计工具的分类以及应该具有的功能,提出体系结构产品设计工具的集成框架和基于体系结构核心数据库的数据管理机制,并实现了体系结构产品设计工具以及体系结构设计集成环境.     

液相色谱-质谱法测定2-氯乙烯胂酸

研究了用液相色谱-质谱两种电离技术测定路易氏剂1的降解产物2-氯乙烯胂酸,比较了在不同流动相中该化合物的响应情况,并且利用源内CID技术获得了丰富质谱碎片,对所鉴定的碎片进行了解释,用选择离子检测得到该化合物的检测限在APCI电离技术中为9ng,在ESI电离技术中为4ng．     

The impact of animal welfare regulations on firms' product offerings: Humane or organic product?

Increased public concerns about animal welfare have spurred new regulations to improve animals' treatment and living conditions. We study how these regulations affect firms' product offerings, prices, and profits. We consider two competing animal agriculture supply chains, each consisting of a supplier and a buyer. New regulations require firms to choose between offering humane or organic products, which are differentiated by animals' living conditions. We find that consumers' growing awareness of animal welfare encourages firms to offer organic products, which require the highest standards for animals' living conditions. We also show that tightening humane product standards and loosening organic product standards encourage firms to offer organic products—but with distinct pricing implications. The former leads to higher retail prices whereas the latter may lower retail prices. Depending on costs and consumers' awareness of animal welfare, a humane product may be priced higher or lower than an organic product. Furthermore, we provide conditions under which a regulator should offer a unit-cost or an investment cost subsidy to improve social welfare. We show that subsidies can encourage firms to change from offering humane to organic products, or vice versa, to enhance total social welfare.     

卫星导航接收机延迟锁定环鉴相器有限字长分析

码相位鉴别器作为延迟锁定环的主要组成部分,其性能直接影响了接收机伪码的跟踪精度。针对输入信号有限字长效应对鉴相器性能的影响,提出一种新的基于信号统计特性的分析方法,分析了归一化早迟幅度鉴相器输入信号有限字长对输出性能的影响。理论分析和仿真结果表明,字长效应在输入信号高信噪比下比低信噪比时明显,随着信噪比的增加,由有限字长导致的伪码跟踪精度损失将增加,而当输入信号采用4bit以上的量化时,字长效应对伪码跟踪性能的影响将可忽略。该结论可用于指导接收机低功耗小型化设计。     

An adaptive forecasting algorithm and inventory policy for products with short life cycles

Products with short life cycles are becoming increasingly common in many industries, such as the personal computer (PC) and mobile phone industries. Traditional forecasting methods and inventory policies can be inappropriate for forecasting demand and managing inventory for a product with a short life cycle because they usually do not take into account the characteristics of the product life cycle. This can result in inaccurate forecasts, high inventory cost, and low service levels. Besides, many forecasting methods require a significant demand history, which is available only after the product has been sold for some time. In this paper, we present an adaptive forecasting algorithm with two characteristics. First, it uses structural knowledge on the product life cycle to model the demand. Second, it combines knowledge on the demand that is available prior to the launch of the product with actual demand data that become available after the introduction of the product to generate and update demand forecasts. Based on the forecasting algorithm, we develop an optimal inventory policy. Since the optimal inventory policy is computationally expensive, we propose three heuristics and show in a numerical study that one of the heuristics generates near‐optimal solutions. The evaluation of our approach is based on demand data from a leading PC manufacturer in the United States, where the forecasting algorithm has been implemented. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.     

图形点阵液晶模块的中文菜单界面的实现

研究了基于DEM12864P图形点阵液晶模块实现中文菜单人机界面的问题。首先分析了液晶模块DEM12864P的特性,阐述了DDRAM寻址与液晶点阵的对应关系及中文字符、中文菜单在液晶模块上的显示规则,进而介绍了一种基于多任务背景的屏幕光标实现方法及菜单数据结构的设计,提出了相应软件设计的实现方法.     

并行工程关键使能技术及其发展趋势

介绍了并行工程(ConcurrentEngineering,简称CE)的定义、基本原则、组成、驱动力和要素等,概要介绍了CE的部分关键使能技术。基于CE的理论研究与应用实践,给出实施CE的基本模式并进一步设想了CE的发展趋势。     

添加剂对米糠油清净性和氧化安定性的影响

植物油是一种潜在的绿色润滑剂基础油，但其氧化安定性较差制约了它的应用。考察了清净剂和抗氧剂对米糠油高温清净性及氧化安定性的影响。结果表明：传统的含有金属离子的清净剂及抗氧抗腐剂对米糠油的高温清净性及氧化安定性没有提高，甚至会降低这两者性能；而不合金属离子的抗氧剂TL-57能改善这两者性能。