Inventory competition with yield reliability improvement

This article studies the inventory competition under yield uncertainty. Two firms with random yield compete for substitutable demand: If one firm suffers a stockout, which can be caused by yield failure, its unsatisfied customers may switch to its competitor. We first study the case in which two competing firms decide order quantities based on the exogenous reliability levels. The results from the traditional inventory competition are generalized to the case with yield uncertainty and we find that quantity and reliability can be complementary instruments in the competition. Furthermore, we allow the firms to endogenously improve their yield reliability before competing in quantity. We show that the reliability game is submodular under some assumptions. The results indicate that the competition in quantity can discourage the reliability improvement. With an extensive numerical study, we also demonstrate the robustness of our analytical results in more general settings. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 107–126, 2015     

自适应网格交互多模型算法

研究和设计了一种模型集合自适应方法——自适应网格方法。并将其与交互多模型算法相结合,提出了自适应网格交互多模型(AGIMM)算法,它是一种变结构多模型算法。仿真显示它能有效地提高IMM估计器的费效比。     

The impact of exponential smoothing forecasts on the bullwhip effect

An important phenomenon often observed in supply chain management, known as the bullwhip effect, implies that demand variability increases as one moves up the supply chain, i.e., as one moves away from customer demand. In this paper we quantify this effect for simple, two‐stage, supply chains consisting of a single retailer and a single manufacturer. We demonstrate that the use of an exponential smoothing forecast by the retailer can cause the bullwhip effect and contrast these results with the increase in variability due to the use of a moving average forecast. We consider two types of demand processes, a correlated demand process and a demand process with a linear trend. We then discuss several important managerial insights that can be drawn from this research. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 47: 269–286, 2000     

Optimizing natural gas pipeline transmission with nonuniform elevation: A new initialization approach

In this paper, we develop an iterative piecewise linear approximation approach with a novel initialization method to solve natural gas pipeline transmission problems with the nonuniform network elevation. Previous approaches, such as energy minimization methods, cannot be applied to solve problems with the nonuniform network elevation because they exclude pressure range constraints, and thus provide solutions far from optimum. We propose a new initialization model that considers pressure range constraints and improves the optimality of the solutions and the computational efficiency. Furthermore, we extend the energy minimization methods and provide the necessary conditions under which the extended methods operate in networks with the nonuniform elevation. We test the performances of the methods with previously reported pipeline networks from the literature, with the open data set GasLib, and with our industrial collaborator. The initialization approach is shown to be more efficient than the method with fixed initial breakpoints. The newly proposed initialization approach generates solutions with a higher accuracy than the extended energy minimization methods, especially in large‐size networks. The proposed method has been applied to natural gas transmission planning by the China National Petroleum Corporation and has brought a direct profit increase of 330 million U.S. dollars in 2015‐2017.     

基于PSO的制导炮弹射击修正量分析

针对复杂、非线性的制导炮弹射击修正量问题,提出了基于粒子群优化(PSO)算法的制导炮弹射击修正量求解模型。通过建立制导炮弹的外弹道模型为射击误差分析提供基础,从射击密集度、射击准确度两方面对舰炮武器系统的射击精度进行分析,以单发命中概率为射击要求,以改进的PSO启发式搜索策略实现对制导炮弹的射击修正量求解,最终结合蒙特卡洛方法可实现对不同初速、不同射击距离下制导炮弹的射击修正量求解。仿真结果表明算法的可用性,并且能够为制导炮弹的论证设计提供理论支撑。     

激光焦点控制磁力驱动的控制特性实验对比分析

为了满足激光焦点控制系统的位置和速度响应要求,设计了一种轴向放置、轴向磁化的环形永磁体自复位的3自由度激光焦点磁力驱动微动平台。根据该微动平台的结构进行力学分析并建立动力学方程,在此基础上进行微动平台的比例、积分、微分控制实验和鲁棒控制实验。通过两种不同控制策略的对比分析,结果表明,两种控制策略都能实现微动平台的稳定驱动,但是在比例、积分、微分控制策略下,响应速度更好,在鲁棒控制策略下,抗干扰能力更好。     

Mixed rules in multi‐issue allocation situations

Multi‐issue allocation situations study problems where an estate must be divided among a group of agents. The claim of each agent is a vector specifying the amount claimed by each agent on each issue. We present a two‐stage rule. First, we divide the estate among the issues following the constrained equal awards rule. Second, the amount assigned to each issue is divided among the agents in proportion to their demands on this issue. We apply the rule to two real‐world problems: the distribution of natural resources between countries and the distribution of budget for education and research between universities.     

A multiechelon inventory model with multiple failures

This article presents a recoverable spares model for performance evaluation in a multiechelon inventory environment. This model explicitly incorporates the phenomenon known as multiple failures, in which more than one part can require replacement or repair when an end-item reaches a maintenance base. The model is shown to be computationally intractable, and an approximation scheme is presented to estimate system performance. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

营区锅炉供暖节能优化控制系统的研究

详细论述了以某部营区为试点单位,通过微处理器控制模块、气候补偿器、变频器等先进技术,对原有燃气锅炉供暖系统进行节能优化控制的改造措施。通过改造,可解决原有系统存在的能源浪费现象,降低供暖成本,达到良好的节能降耗效果。该方案也适用于燃煤锅炉供暖系统的节能改造。     

一种基于Hough变换的线型群体队型识别方法

作战群体的队型是作战群体的重要属性之一,它往往反映了群体中各成员之间的协作关系,直接体现着该群体近期的作战意图、身份及威胁等态势信息。为了给指挥人员的态势评估及军事指挥提供更多深层次的战场信息,从而为其决策提供更好的支持,重点研究了作战群体线型队型的识别问题。利用Hough变换的点线对偶特性,给出了线型队型的模板建模方法,提出了基于参数点聚类的线型队型特征提取方法,进而给出了基于模板匹配的线型队型识别方法。仿真实验表明,该方法是行之有效的。