Scheduling jobs with piecewise linear decreasing processing times

We study the problems of scheduling a set of nonpreemptive jobs on a single or multiple machines without idle times where the processing time of a job is a piecewise linear nonincreasing function of its start time. The objectives are the minimization of makespan and minimization of total job completion time. The single machine problems are proved to be NP‐hard, and some properties of their optimal solutions are established. A pseudopolynomial time algorithm is constructed for makespan minimization. Several heuristics are derived for both total completion time and makespan minimization. Computational experiments are conducted to evaluate their efficiency. NP‐hardness proofs and polynomial time algorithms are presented for some special cases of the parallel machine problems. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 50: 531–554, 2003     

摩托车排放试验循环的全球技术法规研究

介绍了GTR2《全球统一的摩托车排放试验循环(WMTC)》的制定过程,中国对WMTC法规所做的主要工作;对比分析了WMTC法规与我国摩托车和轻便摩托车排放标准的主要差异。     

Rank‐Cluster‐and‐Prune: An algorithm for generating clusters in complex set partitioning problems

Clustering problems are often difficult to solve due to nonlinear cost functions and complicating constraints. Set partitioning formulations can help overcome these challenges, but at the cost of a very large number of variables. Therefore, techniques such as delayed column generation must be used to solve these large integer programs. The underlying pricing problem can suffer from the same challenges (non‐linear cost, complicating constraints) as the original problem, however, making a mathematical programming approach intractable. Motivated by a real‐world problem in printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing, we develop a search‐based algorithm (Rank‐Cluster‐and‐Prune) as an alternative, present computational results for the PCB problem to demonstrate the tractability of our approach, and identify a broader class of clustering problems for which this approach can be used. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 2009     

关于五原战役中绥西警备军之研究

1940年3月,傅作义将军率部消灭、重创盘踞绥西五原的日本特务机关、伪蒙古军、王英的伪绥西联军、绥西警备军等,取得大捷。对被消灭的五原日本特务机关,遭重创的伪蒙古军、伪绥西联军等机构、组织,军事史研究者及爱好者并不陌生,但详细了解绥西警备军者可能并不多见。本文就鲜为人知的、五原战役中昙花一现的绥西警备军的编成背景、组织机构序列、战斗表现等进行分析介绍,以弥补这方面的研究不足。     

炮兵指挥自动化系统作战效能指数模型

指挥自动化系统堪称为部队作战能力的"倍增器",越来越受到世界各国和军队的高度重视.对其作战效能进行分析,有利于促进指挥自动化系统自身的发展.分析了指挥自动化系统所拥有的共同性能指标特征,从武器系统作战效能与其自身性能之间的必然联系入手,定量分析了其数量关系,并建立了炮兵指挥自动化系统作战效能指数模型,为比较这类系统的作战效能提供了参考.     

美军建模与仿真管理体制改革研究

近年来,为了应对科技飞速发展和军队转型带来的挑战,促进建模与仿真活动规范、高效、有序的进行,美军对其建模与仿真管理体制开展了新一轮的改革。通过分析此次体制改革的背景和主要内容,得出了一些对我军建模与仿真发展有益的启示。     

Using container inspection history to improve interdiction logistics for illicit nuclear materials

Strengthening the United States' ability to prevent adversaries from smuggling nuclear materials into the country is a vital and ongoing issue. The prospect of additional countries, such as Iran, obtaining the know‐how and equipment to produce these special nuclear materials in the near future underscores the need for efficient and effective inspection policies at ports and border crossings. In addition, the reduction of defense and homeland security budgets in recent years has made it increasingly important to accomplish the interdiction mission with fewer funds. Addressing these complications, in this article, we present a novel two‐port interdiction model. We propose using prior inspection data as a low‐cost way of increasing overall interdiction performance. We provide insights into two primary questions: first, how should a decision maker at a domestic port use detection data from the foreign port to improve the overall detection capability? Second, what are potential limitations to the usefulness of prior inspection data—is it possible that using prior data actually harms decision making at the domestic port? We find that a boundary curve policy (BCP) that takes into account both foreign and domestic inspection data can provide a significant improvement in detection probability. This BCP also proves to be surprisingly robust, even if adversaries are able to infiltrate shipments during transit. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 60: 433‐448, 2013     

Coordination mechanisms for a three‐stage reverse supply chain to increase profitable returns

In this article, we consider a generic electronic product that can be remanufactured or recycled at the end of its life cycle to generate new profit. We first describe the product return process and then present a customer segmentation model to capture consumers' different behaviors with respect to product return so that the retailer can work more effectively to increase the return volume. In regard to the collaboration between the retailer and the manufacturer, we explore a revenue‐sharing coordination mechanism for achieving a win‐win outcome. The optimality and sensitivity of the critical parameters in four strategies are obtained and examined both theoretically and numerically, which generate insights on how to manage an efficient consumer‐retailer‐manufacturer reverse supply chain, as well as on the feasibility of simplifying such a three‐stage chain structure. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2013     

彩钢夹芯板建筑火灾危险性及预防对策研究

彩钢夹芯板作为一种新型建材以其外形美观和搭建方便、快捷、保温隔热、环保节能效果好等特点,被广泛应用.但由于彩钢夹芯板自身耐火性能低,加之设计、施工、安装不规范极易引发火灾.分析了彩钢夹芯板建筑火灾多发的原因及其危险性,并提出了相应的预防对策.     

自润滑材料工作机理验证与材料再生

在研究含油量低(HDV6)、中(HDV12)、高(HDV20)3种材料的滑动摩擦特性基础上,通过实验验证了自润滑材料工作机理;并发现自润滑材料失去自润滑特性后,通过对其重新浸油,可以使材料的自润滑性能再生.