Minimizing weighted earliness and tardiness penalties in single‐machine scheduling with idle time permitted

In this paper, a single‐machine scheduling problem with weighted earliness and tardiness penalties is considered. Idle time between two adjacent jobs is permitted and due dates of jobs could be unequal. The dominance rules are utilized to develop a relationship matrix, which allows a branch‐and‐bound algorithm to eliminate a high percentage of infeasible solutions. After combining this matrix with a branching strategy, a procedure to solve the problem is proposed. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 49: 760–780, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/nav.10039     

无线传感器网络中基于有限反馈的协同MISO传输方案

为解决无线传感器网络中节点能量受限,文中提出一种基于有限反馈的协同M ISO传输方案,此方案通过接收端反馈给簇头节点的信道增益比值来调整簇头节点和协同节点的发射功率。通过联合优化传输速率和协同节点数,使得网络总能耗最小。分析和仿真结果表明,此方案能有效降低网络的总能耗。     

一种防空导弹无线分布式信息共享系统

以PCI04嵌入式工控机为核心设计主控单元,以嵌入式单片机为核心设计从属单元,并应用GPS OEM接收板、AMAI)4550无线通信模块等,构建无线主从分布式信息共享系统.在该系统的支持下,大型防空导弹武器系统和若十便携式防空导弹间可以进行信息共享和交互,集成为一个以大型防空导弹武器系统为中心的防空作战体系,通过优势互补和邯同作战,能够实现作战效能的倍增.     

遥控引信技术反导应用

随着中口径舰炮发射率和系统射击精度的提高,以及弹药技术的发展,尤其是高技术引信的应用为提高中口径舰炮武器系统的反导效能提供了一条有效技术途径。针对水面舰艇防御反舰导弹的作战需求,基于中口径舰炮武器系统现有技术状态,提出了应用遥控引信技术提高系统反导效能的技术方案。通过仿真计算和对比分析,阐述了该方案的可行性和有效性,并进一步探讨了系统的相关技术指标和技术实现途径。     

Retailer's rationale to refuse consumer returns in supply chains

While accepting consumer returns has long been proposed as a solution to resolve the consumer valuation uncertainty problem, there are still a sizable portion of retailers who insist on a “no return” policy. In this article, we offer an economic rationale for these seemingly unreasonable strategies in a supply chain context. We demonstrate when and why the retailer may benefit from refusing consumer returns, even though offering consumer returns allows the supply chain to implement the expostmarket segmentation. Granting the retailer the right to refuse consumer returns may sometimes improve supply chain efficiency: it eliminates the manufacturer's attempt to induce inefficient consumer returns and bring the equilibrium back to that in the vertically integrated benchmark. We also find that the refund and the retail price can move in the opposite directions when product reliability varies, and consumer returns have a nontrivial impact on the quality choice. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 686–701, 2015     

矢量多边形并行栅格化数据划分方法

针对多边形并行栅格化中的负载不均衡问题提出一种新的数据划分方法,主要包括:迭代计算划分线的位置,在每次迭代中保证分块间的计算量大致均衡,完成数据划分、实现负载均衡;提出基于二叉树的划分结果融合策略,以解决跨边界多边形的融合问题。在多核CPU环境下实现并行算法,选用多个典型土地利用现状数据集进行测试。结果表明:针对不同类型多边形数据集,所提方法较传统方法可获得更高的并行加速比和更好的负载均衡;针对大数据量数据集,以多边形节点数为度量标准可更精确地估算分块计算量,从而更好地实现负载均衡。     

不同形状喷嘴内流场模拟分析

建立了前混合磨料水射流喷嘴内固液两相流动的数学模型,运用Fluent软件对圆柱型、圆锥收敛型、流线型和圆锥带圆柱段收敛型喷嘴内流场进行了数值模拟,分析了喷嘴形状对喷嘴内流场和磨料颗粒加速性能的影响,并通过切割实验验证了仿真结果的可靠性。结果表明:圆柱型喷嘴能量损耗较大,圆锥收敛型喷嘴对磨料颗粒的加速性能差,流线型喷嘴性能良好但不易加工,只有圆锥带圆柱段收敛型喷嘴是用作前混合式磨料水射流喷嘴的最优选择。     

汽车加油机器人关键技术分析

传统加油模式使操作人员易受有毒易燃油气的侵害,而且严冬酷暑时加油站作业环境恶劣,因此在加油站配置机器人实现智能化加油变得十分迫切。介绍了国内外汽车加油机器人的研究进展,指出其作业对象的差异性、环境的多变性以及作业过程的危险性。分析了当前汽车加油机器人所采用的加油机构、加注接口以及识别与定位技术的特点,指出加油机构优化、安全控制、智能识别与定位研究是汽车加油机器人发展的方向。     

From rivals to partners: AirSea Battle and the US air force–navy relationship

AirSea Battle (ASB) has generated significant publicity, controversy, and debate among scholars, analysts, commentators, and observers of US defense strategy. However, a research gap exists concerning formal analysis of the impact of the operational concept on the relationship between the US Air Force (USAF) and the US Navy (USN). The impact of the ASB operational concept on the USAF–USN relationship is examined across the issue areas of strategy, budgets, weapons procurement, and training. These four issue areas represent important areas of historical conflict and competition between the Air Force and Navy. The conclusion is that ASB is ushering in a new era of Air Force–Navy partnership that advances the inter-service dynamic from “jointness” toward integration. The emergent USAF–USN partnership therefore represents a significant development in US defense politics and defense strategy.     

The long term effects of an aging fleet on operational availability and cost: evidence from the U.S. coast guard

This paper empirically examines whether the aging of a fleet affects operational availability and operating cost using a unique data-set on the 117 47-foot Motor Lifeboats (MLBs) of the United States Coast Guard (USCG). Procured from 1997 to 2003, the 47-foot MLB is the standard lifeboat of the USCG and all 117 MLBs remain in service. The aging of the MLB fleet has resulted in higher annual operating costs and lower operational availability, although the nature of this relationship remains unclear. Our estimation strategy utilizes an error components estimator to examine these issues. We employ three variants of the dependent variables (i.e. the standard logarithmic transformation as is most commonly seen in the literature, inverse hyperbolic sine [IHS], and level outcomes). The point estimates from the standard logarithmic model finds operational availability for the MLBs decreases at a rate between 0.83 and 1.8% per year and cost increases at a rate between 0.33 and 7.81% per year. Similar effects are shown with the IHS and level outcome specifications. In terms of nonlinearity effects, we find the most pronounced changes in operational availability and cost occur for MLBs aged 15 years or more (in comparison to younger MLBs).