State-dependent gap acceptance

This paper considers a traffic problem in which vehicles queue up according to a Poisson process on a single-lane entrance ramp prior to merging into a major stream of vehicular traffic. In order to then prevent the ramp queue from becoming too large, a model is proposed which considers a lowering of the critical gap as the ramp queue size increases. With the critical gap assumed to be a nonincreasing function of the number of vehicles on the ramp at instances that correspond to departure times of lead vehicles from the ramp queue, the resultant model is an M/G/1 queue with state-dependent service times. Some general results are obtained for this model and a specific case discussed in moderate detail.     

A markov chain version of the secretary problem

This paper deals with the Secretary Problem where n secretaries are interviewed sequentially and the best k must be hired. The values of the secretaries are observed as they are interviewed, but beforehand only the distributions of these values are known. Furthermore, the distributions of two successive secretaries' values are governed by a Markov chain. Optimal hiring policies for finite n and limiting optimal policies as k and n approach infinity are obtained.     

A note on explicit solution in linear fractional programming

In this note we analyze the fractional interval programming problem (FIP) and find, explicitly, all its optimal solutions. Though our results are essentially the same as those in Charnes and Cooper [4], the proofs and analysis we provide here are considerably simpler.     

A note on testing for exponentiality

In this note some extensions are made to previous work by a number of authors on the development of tests for exponentiality. The most recent example is due to Fercho and Ringer in which they compare the small sample powers of a few well-known test statistics for the hypothesis of a constant failure rate. It is the primary intent of this current work to extend Gnedenko's F test to situations with hypercensoring and to provide guidance for its use, particularly when a log-normal distribution is the alternative.     

Redundant spares allocation to reduce reliability costs

The problem considered here is the optimal selection of the inventory of spares for a system built from two kinds of modules, the larger of which can be connected so it performs the role of the smaller one. The optimal inventory is the least costly one which achieves a specified probability that the spares will not be exhausted over the design lifetime. For some costs and failure rates it is most economical to use the larger module for both roles, due to the resulting increase in flexibility in the deployment of a single type of spare module. Both analytical and simulation methods have been used to study this problem.     

Flowshop sequencing problem with ordered processing time matrices: A general case

The ordered matrix flow shop problem with no passing of jobs is considered. In an earlier paper, the authors have considered a special case of the problem and have proposed a simple and efficient algorithm that finds a sequence with minimum makespan for a special problem. This paper considers a more general case. This technique is shown to be considerably more efficient than are existing methods for the conventional flow shop problems.     

An algorithm for solving general fractional interval programming problems

A Linear Fractional Interval Programming problem (FIP) is the problem of extremizing a linear fractional function subject to two-sided linear inequality constraints. In this paper we develop an algorithm for solving (FIP) problems. We first apply the Charnes and Cooper transformation on (FIP) and then, by exploiting the special structure of the pair of (LP) problems derived, the algorithm produces an optimal solution to (FIP) in a finite number of iterations.     

谱分析方法在仿真结果分析中的运用

文中给出了谱估计的分析，并将它直接应用于仿真系统输出量的特性分析。对于仿真的可信性问题，讨论了相容性检验方法，特别是小子样现场试验下，仿真与现场试验之间的一致性问题。     

基于神经网络的专家规则推理系统

本文将专家在平衡—模拟倒摆小车时记录下来的数据经处理后，用监督式学习的方法训练一前置式神经网络。训练后的神经网络派生出了一组专家尚未意识到或者表达不出来的规则，并将该规则构造的专家系统控制器与使用Ｑｕｉｎｌａｎ的ＩＤ３算法推导出的规则构造的专家系统控制器进行比较。实验结果表明，神经网络算法学习出来的规则较ＩＤ３算法推导出的规则更为有效，且更有应用价值。本文成功地将该规则应用于火箭的姿态控制，一类似倒摆小车的问题。     

利用星载GPS伪码测距进行小卫星星座的整网定位

首先针对小卫星星载ＧＰＳ伪码测距，基于星间差分消除／消弱误差，并引入星座网形约束，论述了星座模式下提高小卫星定位精度的一种整网数据处理方法，并给出了一个算例。然后进一步论述了不依赖ＧＰＳ的小卫星星座测控，以及提高小卫星星座定位自主性问题的几点设想。