Optimal production ramp-up in the smartphone manufacturing industry

Motivated by challenges in the smartphone manufacturing industry, we develop a dynamic production ramp-up model that can be applied to economically satisfy nonstationary demand for short-life-cycle products by high-tech companies. Due to shorter life cycles and more rapid evolution of smartphones, production ramp-up has been increasingly critical to the success of a new smartphone. In the production ramp-up, the key challenge is to match the increasing capacity to nonstationary demand. The high-tech smartphone manufacturers are urged to jointly consider the effect of increasing capacity and decreasing demand. We study the production planning problem using a high-dimensional Markov decision process (MDP) model to characterize the production ramp-up. To address the curse of dimensionality, we refine Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) algorithm and theoretically analyze its convergence and computational complexity. In a real case study, we find that the MDP model achieves revenue improvement by stopping producing the existing product earlier than the benchmark policy. In synthetic instances, we validate that the proposed MCTS algorithm saves computation time without loss of solution quality compared with traditional value iteration algorithm. As part of the Lenovo production solution, our MDP model enables high-tech smartphone manufacturers to better plan the production ramp-up.     

Revenue maximization in two-station tandem queueing systems

We study optimal pricing for tandem queueing systems with finite buffers. The service provider dynamically quotes prices to incoming price sensitive customers to maximize the long-run average revenue. We present a Markov decision process model for the optimization problem. For systems with two stations, general-sized buffers, and two or more prices, we describe the structure of the optimal dynamic pricing policy and develop tailored policy iteration algorithms to find an optimal pricing policy. For systems with two stations but no intermediate buffer, we characterize conditions under which quoting either a high or a low price to all customers is optimal and provide an easy-to-implement algorithm to solve the problem. Numerical experiments are conducted to compare the developed algorithms with the regular policy iteration algorithm. The work also discusses possible extensions of the obtained results to both three-station systems and two-station systems with price and congestion sensitive customers using numerical analysis.     

Mathematical formulation and heuristic algorithm for the block relocation and loading problem

This study considers the block relocation and loading problem in container terminals. The optimal loading sequence and relocation location are simultaneously decided on the basis of the desired ship‐bay and initial yard space configuration. An integer linear programming model is developed to minimize the number of relocations in the yard space on the basis of no shifts in the ship bay. The accuracy of the model is tested on small‐scale scenarios by using CPLEX. Considering the problem size in the real world, we present a rule‐based heuristic method that is combined with a mathematical model for the removal, loading, and relocation operations. The influence of rules on algorithm performance is also analyzed, and the heuristic algorithm is compared with different types of algorithms in the literature. The extensive numerical experiments show the efficiency of the proposed heuristic algorithm.     

遥感数据用户需求融合处理技术

遥感数据是国家的基础性和战略性资源,在经济建设、国防建设、抢险救灾、生态环境保护等方面得到了广泛的应用,发挥着越来越重要的作用,各行各业对遥感数据的需求也越来越多。因此,如何提高对地观测资源的利用率,提高服务响应速度成为迫切需要解决的问题。采用自然语言处理技术,提出了一种用户需求融合处理方法,该方法可以有效地融合归并相同或者相似的用户需求,实现一图多用,引入需求预测和需求融合技术以提高需求融合效率,从而提高对地观测资源的利用率,达到事半功倍的效果。     

A nuclear-armed North Korea without ICBMs: the best achievable objective

This article analyzes the North Korean nuclear crisis from a balance-of-power perspective. It is in the long-term interests of international peace for a secure and independent North Korea to serve as a buffer between US and Chinese ground forces. However, the conventional military advantage of the South Korean-American alliance over North Korea has grown drastically since the end of the Cold War, threatening North Korea’s survival. Since North Korea lacks any reliable ally, nuclear weapons represent its most cost-effective way to restore a balance of power and thus secure itself. Accepting security guarantees in exchange for its nuclear arsenal is rhetorically appealing but not a viable approach. North Korea’s development of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), however, has overcompensated for the post-Cold War imbalance, inviting talk in Washington of waging a preventive war. Persuading North Korea to give up its ICBM capability, not its nuclear arsenal, should therefore be the primary objective of US diplomacy.     

控制力矩陀螺的动态扫描成像卫星姿态控制

针对卫星动态扫描成像任务中的姿态控制问题,建立卫星姿态动力学模型,分析动态扫描成像任务对姿态控制的特殊需求。结合动态扫描成像任务需求提出一种典型的姿态机动方案,对姿态机动过程所需控制力矩进行估计。基于期望力矩和星体实时姿态设计一种俯仰机动控制律,并提出五棱锥构型陀螺群的操纵方案。针对某动态扫描成像任务卫星,对提出的控制律进行数值仿真。仿真结果证明所提方案可以满足卫星动态扫描成像的姿态控制要求。     

Potential impact of recharging plug‐in hybrid electric vehicles on locational marginal prices

Plug‐in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), upon market penetration, will create additional recharging loads to the electric power systems. This article considers different recharging scenarios and uses game theoretic models to study the potential impact of the recharging loads on locational marginal prices (wholesale electricity prices). Computational results from a Pennsylvania‐New Jersey‐Maryland Interconnection case study show that, under the existing recharging infrastructures, even a small magnitude of load increase caused by PHEV recharging could have a significant undesirable impact on locational marginal prices. The impact could be mitigated to a varying extent by the availability of possible future recharging infrastructures, including realtime pricing recharging meters, battery stations, or vehicle‐to‐grid technology.© 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2010     

基于双向映射的非网格型全向图展开插值方法

原始的全向图存在严重的同心圆环状变形,通常需展开为更适合人眼观察的柱面全景图像。结合折反射全向成像特点,提出一种基于双向映射的全向图展开为柱面全景图像的插值方法,通过光路跟踪得到图像间的坐标映射关系,将所要生成的柱面全景图中每一点正向映射到原始的全向图中,确定插值邻域点;将这些邻域点逆向投影到柱面全景图中,针对邻域点在柱面全景图中呈非网格型分布的特点,采用非均匀二维插值算法进行图像插值运算。该方法既准确地定位插值邻域点,又避免了全向图的非线性畸变对邻域点权重计算的不利影响。实验证明该方法能有效提高插值精度和展开后图像的质量。     

固体运载器姿态控制系统自适应滤波器设计

采用大长细比、轻结构质量设计方案的固体运载器结构刚度较小,姿态控制系统设计需要考虑弹性振动的影响。设计了自适应滤波器实现对箭体弹性振动信号的抑制:将滤波器参数自适应问题转化为系统参数辨识问题,通过Steiglitz-McBride参数辨识方法求解,该方法具有计算复杂性低、收敛迅速等特点,适用于箭上计算机实时计算。通过闭环仿真表明,在箭体弹性频率发生变化的条件下,具有自适应滤波器的控制系统能够跟踪这种变化,有效抑制振动信号对控制器的影响,保持运载器姿态运动稳定。     

基于AOS包业务模型的最优帧长与吞吐量性能

分析了影响AOS包业务吞吐量性能的因素及帧长度对系统吞吐量性能的影响,建立了包复用效率及差错信道下吞吐量的数学模型,通过仿真验证数学模型的可靠性。并进一步得出差错信道下使系统吞吐量性能最大的最优帧长度配置。研究结果为以吞吐量性能为指标,通过信道状态自适应调节帧长来优化AOS协议提供了理论依据。