Optimal and asymptotically optimal policies for assemble‐to‐order n‐ and W‐systems

We consider two specially structured assemble‐to‐order (ATO) systems—the N‐ and W‐systems—under continuous review, stochastic demand, and nonidentical component replenishment leadtimes. Using a hybrid approach that combines sample‐path analysis, linear programming, and the tower property of conditional expectation, we characterize the optimal component replenishment policy and common‐component allocation rule, present comparative statics of the optimal policy parameters, and show that some commonly used heuristic policies can lead to significant optimality loss. The optimality results require certain symmetry in the cost parameters. In the absence of this symmetry, we show that, for systems with high demand volume, the asymptotically optimal policy has essentially the same structure; otherwise, the optimal policies have no clear structure. For these latter systems, we develop heuristic policies and show their effectiveness. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 617–645, 2015     

Auctions in the post‐change‐order period

A change order is frequently initiated by either the supplier or the buyer, especially when the contract is long‐term or when the contractual design is complex. In response to a change order, the buyer can enter a bargaining process to negotiate a new price. If the bargaining fails, she pays a cancellation fee (or penalty) and opens an auction. We call this process the sequential bargaining‐auction (BA). At the time of bargaining, the buyer is uncertain as to whether the bargained price is set to her advantage; indeed, she might, or might not, obtain a better price in the new auction. To overcome these difficulties, we propose a new change‐order‐handling mechanism by which the buyer has an option to change the contractual supplier after bargaining ends with a bargained price. We call this the option mechanism. By this mechanism, the privilege of selling products or services is transferred to a new supplier if the buyer exercises the option. To exercise the option, the buyer pays a prespecified cash payment, which we call the switch price, to the original supplier. If the option is not exercised, the bargained price remains in effect. When a switch price is proposed by the buyer, the supplier decides whether or not to accept it. If the supplier accepts it, the buyer opens an auction. The option is exercised when there is a winner in the auction. This article shows how, under the option mechanism, the optimal switch price and the optimal reserve price are determined. Compared to the sequential BA, both the buyer and the supplier benefit. Additionally, the option mechanism coordinates the supply chain consisting of the two parties. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 248–265, 2015     

The loss‐averse newsvendor problem with supply options

In this article, we consider a loss‐averse newsvendor with stochastic demand. The newsvendor might procure options when demand is unknown, and decide how many options to execute only after demand is revealed. If the newsvendor reserves too many options, he would incur high reservation costs. Yet reserving too few could result in lost sales. So the newsvendor faces a trade‐off between reservation costs and losing sales. When there are multiple options available, the newsvendor has to consider how many units of each to reserve by studying the trade‐off between flexibility and costs. We show how the newsvendor's loss aversion behavior affects his ordering decision, and propose an efficient algorithm to compute his optimal solution in the general case with n options. We also present examples showing how the newsvendor's ordering strategy changes as loss aversion rises. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 62:46–59, 2015     

基于改进截断正态概率密度模型的防发散多尺度卡尔曼滤波

借鉴对机动频率建模的思想,对机动目标的截断正态概率密度模型进行改进,提出了一种改进的截断正态概率密度模型(ICN模型),并将防发散算法与多尺度估计理论结合,用克服滤波器发散的S(k)算法对基本的多尺度估计进行机动检测和相应改进,得到单模型单传感器系统的防发散多尺度估计算法,旨在减小噪声影响,减小机动目标模型不准确带来的跟踪误差,改善跟踪效果。     

镍基高温合金GH3536表面早期结霜特性实验分析

以镍基高温合金GH3536光滑表面和具有疏水性能的微孔结构表面为研究对象,对其表面的早期结霜特性进行研究。定量分析了表面温度、相对湿度和表面润湿性对霜晶形貌和生长速率的影响。研究结果表明:随着表面温度的降低,霜晶形成的初始时间缩短,生长速率加快,获得四种典型的霜晶形貌。相对湿度的增大导致霜晶数量的增加和形貌的改变,而液滴的凝结和冻结时间与相对湿度无关。对于相同的霜晶形貌,增大相对湿度对霜晶生长有一定的促进作用,而当霜晶形貌变化时,相对湿度的改变将导致霜晶高度和生长速率产生显著差异。由微孔结构构成的疏水表面能够通过增大成核势垒和接触热阻来有效地延迟霜晶的形成,但对随后霜晶生长和形貌的影响可以忽略。     

Information disclosure with endogenous channel structure

This article investigates the firms' optimal quality information disclosure strategies in a supply chain, wherein the supplier may encroach into the retail channel to sell products directly to end consumers. We consider two disclosure formats, namely, retailer disclosure (R-C) and supplier disclosure (S-C), and examine the optimal disclosure format from each firm's perspective. We show that either firm prefers to delegate the disclosure option to its partner when the supplier cannot encroach. However, the threat of supplier encroachment dramatically alters the firm's preference of disclosure. The supplier may prefer the S-C format to the R-C format when the entry cost is low and the disclosure cost is high to achieve a higher quality information transparency. Meanwhile, the retailer may prefer the R-C format to the S-C format when the entry cost is intermediate to deter the possible encroachment of the supplier. In this sense, the firms' preferences of disclosure format can be aligned due to the threat of supplier encroachment. The consumer surplus is always higher under the S-C format while either disclosure format can lead to a higher social welfare. We also consider an alternative scenario under which the supplier encroaches after the product quality information is disclosed. An interesting observation appears that the supplier may encroach when the product quality is low but foregoes encroachment when the product quality gets higher.     

Ad Hoc网络黑洞攻击仿真研究

黑洞攻击是一种典型的针对无线自组织(Ad Hoc)网络的攻击,也是Ad Hoc网络面临的主要安全威胁之一.为实现对黑洞攻击的仿真研究,基于黑洞攻击原理,在AODV路由协议的基础上,利用OPNET网络仿真平台,建立了Ad Hoc网络黑洞攻击仿真模型,搭建了不同攻击强度下的仿真场景.仿真结果表明:该模型能够较为准确地模拟各...     

l阶链式积分器型多智能体实现平均一致的时延相关LMI判据

针对l阶链式积分器型多智能体平均一致性问题,给出联合连通拓扑条件下LMI表示的时延相关稳定判据.利用状态分解思想,将收敛条件转化为判断不一致系统零平衡点的稳定性;考虑存在多个时变通信时延的情况,采用构造公共的Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函的方式来分析系统稳定性,为获得较低保守性判据,在主要结论中引入了自由权...     

雷达装备智能集成故障诊断

现代雷达装备功能多、结构复杂、集成度高,其故障具有复杂性、层次性、相关性、延时性和不确定性.因此雷达装备故障模式多种多样,信号复杂,单一诊断模式已远远不能满足故障诊断的需要,基于现代雷达故障诊断的复杂性的现时需求,提出雷达装备智能集成故障诊断模型,给出了模型的诊断推理过程,对系统实现中的知识获取、知识表示和诊断推理方法...     

Women and the military

Debates about the relationship between women and the military have become common within Western societies. These debates primarily centre on the issue of the place, fitness and desirability of a female presence within institutions designed for national war making. There are those who claim that equality betwen the sexes demands the full integration of women into national militaries, including in combat roles, others however argue that women are ill‐equipped for the traditional tasks required of ‘warriors’. This article argues that these debates are increasingly irrelevant. Future wars are increasingly less likely to be fought only by clearly defined national combat forces and more likely to be ‘virtual’ wars involving the deployment of Western technologies against militarily inferior opponents. This too is an age in which Western states will be engaged not just in virtual wars but in ‘humanitarian intervention’, peacekeeping, enforcement and postwar reconstruction. This allows, even encourages, a rethinking of traditional notions and debates over the place of women within the military sphere.