Threshold incentives over multiple periods and the sales hockey stick phenomenon

In this article, we study threshold‐based sales‐force incentives and their impact on a dealer's optimal effort. A phenomenon, observed in practice, is that the dealer exerts a large effort toward the end of the incentive period to boost sales and reach the threshold to make additional profits. In the literature, the resulting last‐period sales spike is sometimes called the hockey stick phenomenon (HSP). In this article, we show that the manufacturer's choice of the incentive parameters and the underlying demand uncertainty affect the dealer's optimal effort choice. This results in the sales HSP over multiple time periods even when there is a cost associated with waiting. We then show that, by linking the threshold to a correlated market signal, the HSP can be regulated. We also characterize the variance of the total sales across all the periods and demonstrate conditions under the sales variance can be reduced. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2010     

军事供应链不确定性产生机理研究

军事供应链中不可避免地存在不确定性。构建了军事供应链不确定性产生机理的概念模型,从需求、供应、环境三个方面分析了军事供应链不确定性产生的原因,同时,对军事供应链中可能存在的各种不确定性进行了讨论,明确了加剧不确定性影响的因素是军事供应链系统的复杂性。具体表现为军事供应链成员交互关系的复杂性和军事供应链网络结构的复杂性。提出正是由于这两个原因的存在,对军事供应链的保障性能产生了巨大的影响。     

CCD专用电源的研制

本文给出了ＣＣＤ专用电源的设计方案。该电源具有高效率、抗浪涌、工作电压范围宽、直流输出与交流隔离等优点。     

一种新型高效程控斩波器的设计

提出利用当前国际先进专用开关稳压电源集成芯片,设计高效、低纹波的新型新波器的原理及电路实现,并在实验条件下证明了本设计的工程适用性。     

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.     

潜艇上浮运动数值计算方法的研究与验证

预报潜艇上浮运动是探索研究潜艇上浮运动控制规律以及潜艇安全上浮的前提。就潜艇上浮运动的数值计算方法和计算流程进行了详细介绍,对数值计算方法中的湍流模型及离散格式等进行了优选。基于模型上浮试验结果,对数值计算的不确定度进行了分析且对数值计算结果进行了验证。证明了该数值计算的可靠性,并发现数值计算结果与试验结果很接近,验证了该数值计算方法的可行性,说明该数值计算方法和试验可为潜艇上浮运动的研究提供参考和借鉴。     

一类不确定大系统的分散变结构模型跟随控制

针对一类具有不确定参数和外界扰动的非线性大系统 ,在子系统互连项上界具有多项式形式的条件下 ,提出了一种分散变结构模型跟随控制器设计方案。该控制器不需要未知参数变化、外界扰动以及子系统互连上界的先验信息 ,能够通过自适应率对上述信息进行在线估计。在保证闭环大系统渐近稳定的条件下 ,同时实现了各个子系统滑动模态的存在性和可达性。理论分析和仿真结果验证了本文所提方案的有效性     

高层建筑消防供电安全问题探讨

高层建筑消防用电设备的安全运行非常重要,其中消防供电系统的安全是重中之重。以消防电气设计应遵循的规范为依据,从消防设备供电设计、消防设备控制、消防系统的接地及过电压保护几个方面论述了确保高层建筑消防供电安全的措施。     

论多层商住楼室内消防给水系统的设置

结合基层实际情况,对多层商住楼室内消防给水系统设置从其现状、弊端出发,探讨多层商住楼中设置干式消防竖管和不带消火栓箱的DN65的室内消火栓及简易自动喷水灭火系统(即局部应用系统)的必要性和可行性,有较强的现实指导意义。     

航空弹药供应保障存在的问题及对策

在现代高技术信息化战争中,航空弹药地位和作用日渐突出。在分析了信息化条件下现代战争对航空弹药供应保障提出的新需求基础上,指出了航空弹药供应保障存在的不足,并从航空弹药的储备、管理和供应三个方面分别提出了相应的对策。研究表明,着眼应急作战的实际需要,搞好航空弹药供应保障,提高应急作战弹药供应保障能力,是摆在面前的一个现实而又紧迫的任务。