Bivariate models from univariate life distributions: A characterization cum modeling approach

Bivariate life distribution models are of importance for studying interdependent components. We present a generic approach by introducing a new concept of characterized model in stead of a characterized distribution. It strikes a balance between characterization and modeling approaches to eliminate their individual limitations and incorporate their respective strengths. The proposed model, being a characterized one, admits many important properties irrespective of the choice of marginal distributions. The retention of univariate IFR, DFR, IFRA, DFRA, NBU, and NWU class properties in the bivariate setup has been ensured along with some results on series combinations and convolution. No other models, available in the literature, can ensure simultaneous retention of these fundamental and extremely important class properties. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004     

一种基于混合模拟的计算组合电路中软错误率的方法与工具

随着工艺尺寸的不断缩小,组合电路引起的SER(Soft Error Rates)越来越严重.针对使用HSPICE计算组合电路软错误率速度较慢以及使用传统的组合电路软错误率分析工具在对待重汇聚时计算精度不高的问题,本文提出了一种混合模拟的方法,并基于该方法实现了组合电路软错误率分析工具.该混合模拟方法使用HSPICE模拟发生重汇聚的逻辑门;使用快速的脉冲传播算法模拟其他逻辑门.模拟结果表明,该方法可以在速度和精度上达到很好的折中.通过与国际上常用的组合电路软错误率分析工具进行比较发现,在重汇聚发生较多的电路中,该混合模拟方法更能真实地反应组合逻辑中的软错误率.     

链约束下加工时间恶化的Flow Shop排序问题

讨论作业具有线性加工时间,作业间具有链约束的两台处理机流水作业排序问题,目标函数为极小化完工时间。在作业加工时间简单线性恶化下,提出作业的非负开始和停止延迟恶化率,构造了满足约束条件的复合作业。在此基础上,给出作业间具有平行链约束的两台处理机流水作业排序问题的最优多项式算法。     

Many‐server loss models with non‐poisson time‐varying arrivals

This article proposes an approximation for the blocking probability in a many‐server loss model with a non‐Poisson time‐varying arrival process and flexible staffing (number of servers) and shows that it can be used to set staffing levels to stabilize the time‐varying blocking probability at a target level. Because the blocking probabilities necessarily change dramatically after each staffing change, we randomize the time of each staffing change about the planned time. We apply simulation to show that (i) the blocking probabilities cannot be stabilized without some form of randomization, (ii) the new staffing algorithm with randomiation can stabilize blocking probabilities at target levels and (iii) the required staffing can be quite different when the Poisson assumption is dropped. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 64: 177–202, 2017     

灭火人员参与火灾调查的机制和作用探讨

针对基层消防部队火灾调查工作开展滞后造成调查困难的问题,设想让快速到场的灭火人员参与到火灾调查之中。通过分析灭火人员参与火灾调查的作用和影响,提出灭火人员参与初期火灾调查的具体机制设想,并结合部队实际在消防中队设置火查员,遂行灭火力量进行初期火灾调查,可有效解决目前火灾调查工作开展滞后的问题,对发挥消防整体作战优势具有一定的借鉴意义。     

The real exchange rate Enigma: A safe haven solution from the cold war era

In this paper I shift the focus of real exchange rate analysis from conventional macroeconomic variables, which have failed to explain changes in floating real dollar exchange rates, to military security variables, which show an uncanny ability to explain the pattern of floating real exchange rate changes among NATO‐area floating currencies from early 1973 through the failed Soviet coup of August, 1991.     

Scheduling deteriorating jobs to minimize makespan

We consider a single-machine problem of scheduling n independent jobs to minimize makespan, in which the processing time of job J_j grows by w_j with each time unit its start is delayed beyond a given common critical date d. This processing time is p_j if J_j starts by d. We show that this problem is NP-hard, give a pseudopolynomial algorithm that runs in time and O(nd) space, and develop a branch-and-bound algorithm that solves instances with up to 100 jobs in a reasonable amount of time. We also introduce the case of bounded deterioration, where the processing time of a job grows no further if the job starts after a common maximum deterioration date D > d. For this case, we give two pseudopolynomial time algorithms: one runs in O(n²d(D − d) time and O(nd(D − d)) space, the other runs in p_j)²) time and p_j) space. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 45: 511–523, 1998     

Defense Burden and the Effect of Democracy: Evidence from a Spatial Panel Analysis

ABSTRACT

Do democracies spend less on national defense? This paper provides new evidence of the effect of democracy on defense burden based on a Spatial Durbin Model with panel data for 98 countries for the years 1992–2008. While democracy measured by means of an index variable covering the entire range from perfect democracy to perfect autocracy turns out to be insignificant, dummy variables indicating transition to higher levels of democracy reveal a statistically highly significant negative effect of democracy on a country’s defense burden. Allowing for country-specific effects reveals heterogeneity in the effect of democracy across countries. Apart from the effect of democracy, the estimation results indicate strong spatial dependence of military burdens across countries. Moreover, they provide statistical evidence for a peace dividend, for substitution effects in defense spending and for a negative effect on the military burden for countries when they exhibit a trade surplus instead of a trade deficit.     

电火工品发火信号波形采样研究

针对采样频率选取不当使采集的电火工品发火信号波形失真问题,研究了在实际采样过程中采样频率的取值方法。首先根据发火信号的特征,设计了采样方案;然后利用虚拟仪器软件对发火信号进行频谱分析,确定合适的采样频率和采样点数,进而采集完整的信号波形;最后结合试验数据对采样频率的选取进行了分析,得出了在实际采样过程中采样频率的取值规律。     

通信时延对无人作战飞机NWL轰炸精度影响研究

无人作战飞机具有飞行器与指挥平台"空地分离"的技术特征,源自飞行员的战术决策指令须通过战术数据链传输给飞机,该特性在空地轰炸模式下将对系统作战效能产生一定的影响。建立了面向无人作战飞机的空地一体化机翼非水平(NWL,Non-Wing-Level)轰炸仿真模型,通过Monte-Carlo仿真表明脱靶量与数据链时延之间存在线性关系,采用Kalman滤波可以克服时延对脱靶量的影响,并提高命中精度。