The dynamic lot size model with quantity discount: Counterexamples and correction

Federgruen and Lee ([3]) proposed an optimal algorithm for the single-item dynamic lot size model with all-unit discount. In this note we show that their algorithm fails to find the optimal solution for some special cases. We also provide a modification to the algorithm to handle them. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 45: 419–422, 1998     

Interchange fees for bank ATM networks

Banks have found it advantageous to connect their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) in networks so that customers of one bank may use the ATMs of any bank in the network. When this occurs, an interchange fee is paid by the customer's bank to the one that owns the ATM. These have been set by historic interbank negotiation. The paper investigates how a model based on n-player game theory concepts of Shapley value and nucleolus could be used as an alternative way of setting such fees. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 45: 407–417, 1998     

导弹故障智能诊断的一种实现方法

研究了基于神经网络的故障诊断专家系统的理论和方法及具体实现过程。将此方法应用于导弹武器系统故障智能诊断之中 ,结果表明该方法是一种行之有效的故障智能诊断方法。     

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.     

吸气式高超声速飞行器助推分离过程数值仿真

针对吸气式高超声速冲压发动机验证性试验特殊的飞行环境和助推分离条件,以某轴对称吸气式高超声速飞行器级间分离问题为具体研究对象,采用非结构网格局部网格重构技术和非定常问题非定常六自由度问题仿真方法,对该复杂构型飞行器助推分离过程进行数值计算。研究得到弱干扰冷态分离状态下飞行器及助推器的运动参数和气动力参数在分离过程中的发展规律。对0.3 s内助推器的位移轨迹进行分析,判断分离方案的可行性,并给出最佳的分离工况条件。     

Risk pooling in a two-period,two-echelon inventory stocking and allocation problem

The object of this article is to investigate the risk-pooling effect of depot stock in two-echelon distribution system in which the depot serves n retailers in parallel, and to develop computationally tractable optimization procedures for such systems. The depot manager has complete information about stock levels and there are two opportunities to allocate stock to the retailers within each order cycle. We identify first- and second-order aspects to the risk-pooling effect. In particular, the second-order effect is the property that the minimum stock available to any retailer after the second allocation converges in probability to a constant as the number of retailers in the system increases, assuming independence of the demands. This property is exploited in the development of efficient procedures to determine near-optimal values of the policy parameters.     

The optimal linear combination of control variates in the presence of asymptotically negligible bias

The optimal linear combination of control variates is well known when the controls are assumed to be unbiased. We derive here the optimal linear combination of controls in the situation where asymptotically negligible bias is present. The small-sample linear control which minimizes the mean square error (MSE) is derived. When the optimal asymptotic linear control is used rather than the optimal small-sample control, the degradation in MSE is c/n³, where n is the sample size and c is a known constant. This analysis is particulary relevant to the small-sample theory for control variates as applied to the steady-state estimation problem. Results for the method of multiple estimates are also given.     

Optimal arrangement of components via pairwise rearrangements

We introduce the notion of comparison of the criticality of two nodes in a coherent system, and devlop a monotonicity property of the reliability function under component pairwise rearrangement. We use this property to find the optimal component arrangement. Worked examples illustrate the methods proposed.     

一种改进型PSO-BP算法在红外目标中的应用

为了降低伪目标引起的误检,提高系统在复杂环境中的目标识别能力,设计了一种改进型粒子群优化BP神经网络算法。改进型PSO-BP算法利用红外目标光谱特性设置粒子变异规则,从而调整粒子位置与速度,提高目标特征提取性能。同时,算法将权值变为权值可调函数,降低局部极值收敛的风险。实验采用Model-102F型成像光谱仪采集的目标区域图像作为样本与检测数据,与传统BP算法作对比,分别选取对不同特征波长位置及个数的形式对目标和伪目标进行识别分析。结果显示,改进型PSO-BP算法可以有效消除伪目标干扰,同时,其收敛速度明显优于传统算法。由此可见,该设计在复杂背景红外目标识别方面具有一定的应用价值。     

面向目标对峙跟踪的四旋翼协同编队控制方法

针对多四旋翼编队飞行过程中对地面目标对峙跟踪、几何队形生成、稳固保持和协同抗干扰问题,设计了一种可应对外部环境干扰和气动参数不确定性的多四旋翼主从式协同目标跟踪方法。首先,建立存在外部干扰以及参数不确定性的四旋翼运动学/动力学模型;其次,基于Lyapunov导航向量场设计领航者的对峙跟踪航迹使得领航者以固定对峙半径实现对目标的盘旋跟踪;然后,构造多四旋翼分布式位置保持控制器,为后续姿态控制器构造提供必要的期望指令;最后,针对四旋翼外部环境干扰和气动参数不确定性设计基于自抗扰控制的多四旋翼姿态跟踪控制器。仿真结果表明所提方法可以在局部智能体通信的前提下实现对地面目标的对峙跟踪,显著改善四旋翼编队系统的抗干扰能力,提升干扰环境下多四旋翼编队几何构型的稳固性。