Timing of information acquisition in a competitive environment

This article investigates the impact of timing on sellers' information acquisition strategies in a duopoly setting. Market uncertainty is captured by a representative consumer who has a private taste for the product's horizontal attribute, and both sellers can acquire this information either before (ex‐ante acquisition) or after (ex‐post acquisition) observing their own product qualities. We identify several conflicting effects of information acquisition that vary significantly in its timing and market characteristics. In the monopoly scenario, information acquisition is unambiguously beneficial and ex‐ante acquisition is the dominant option, because it helps a seller not only design the proper product but also craft better pricing strategy. By contrast, when there is competition, information acquisition eliminates the buffer role of market uncertainty and leads to the fiercest production or pricing competition, which makes the subsequent effects of acquisition detrimental, and a seller's payoff is nonmonotonic in terms of its acquisition cost. Moreover, compared with the ex‐ante information acquisition, ex‐post information acquisition normally generates higher sellers' equilibrium payoffs by postponing the timing of acquisition and maintaining product differentiation. Nonetheless, ex‐post information acquisition also provides the seller with greater acquisition incentive and occasionally makes him worse off than that in the ex‐ante scenario. Thus, in a competitive environment, having the option of information acquisition and flexibility in its timing can be both detrimental and irresistible. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 63: 3–22, 2016     

Nonlinear pricing with consumer satiation

In various scenarios, consumers may become satiated with products, and the degree of satiation is directly associated with their prior experiences. Confronted with consumer satiation, the seller is unable to either identify consumers who have a higher likelihood of being satiated ex ante or distinguish satiated from non‐satiated consumers ex post. Therefore, the seller should address dynamic selling, valuation uncertainty, and quantity decisions, all of which are important operational issues. We consider a two‐period problem in which consumer types are influenced by their prior consumption experiences. Faced with these consumers, the seller intends to optimize quantities and adjust the prices of the products in each period to maximize revenue. We find that the seller may reduce ex ante production quantity as some consumers become satiated. Moreover, the ex ante quantity is first decreasing and then increasing with regard to the satiation rate. Furthermore, two‐period information asymmetries may provide a rationale for upward distortion in quantity when consumer preferences are highly sensitive to first‐period consumption. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 63: 386–400, 2016     

便携式红外寻的防空导弹超前修正导引规律研究与仿真

针对便携式红外寻的防空导弹瞄准点与理想命中点不重合的矛盾,提出导弹超前修正导引规律的末端修正方法,导出其数学模型和控制系统实现方法。仿真表明,简化后的导弹超前修正导引规律能够达到理想的前向偏移目的,且具有目标自适应导引（TAG）的特性。超前修正导引规律是对经典比例导引规律的修正和提升,更好地满足了便携式红外寻的防空导弹的性能指标和命中精度要求。     

某型履带车辆液压助力变速操纵系统仿真

应用AMESim软件对某型履带车辆液压助力变速系统建立仿真模型,调整系统中部分参数为模型注入故障信息,对系统进行了故障仿真,获得了系统异常动态特性与系统元件故障之间的联系,为该系统的故障诊断提供了参考依据。结果证明该仿真模型可模拟实际系统的故障响应。     

基于PXI总线的通装机液平台综合测控系统标准化设计

自动测试系统的发展趋势是标准化设计和采用开放式系统框架。基于PXI总线的平台综合测控系统采用了统一硬件系统、统一软件开发平台、统一标准接口的开放式体系结构和标准化设计。通过对用户开放测控资源定义和标准化设计软硬件接口,使平台综合测控系统软、硬件具有开放性和互换性,满足了不同保障对象的测试需求,对通用装备检测试验设备的通用化、标准化、集成化发展起到了积极的推动作用。     

GPS接收机中多路径干扰的研究

从GPS接收机内部结构入手,给出了GPS接收机码和载波跟踪环的功能以及多路径信号对码跟踪精度的影响;分析了在多路径干扰下.用窄相关器可以部分修正多路径对码环的跟踪误差,详细介绍了一种以窄相关为基础的新的窄相关器技术--微脉冲相关技术,通过与宽的标准相关器和窄相关器在伪距测量精度上的比较,说明了它是一种性能非常好的抗多路径技术.     

存储测试系统的可靠性分析

可靠性分析对提高系统的可靠性有着极其重要的意义.针对存储测试系统存在的失效现象,从半导体器件本身、焊接工艺和封装工艺进行了失效机理分析,提出了相应的改进措施.在此基础上,结合本系统的实际使用要求,提出了半导体器件的可靠性筛选规程.阐述内容对其他电路系统可靠性的提高也具有一定的参考价值.     

国外坦克装甲车辆主动防护系统

从陆军装甲主动防护系统的产生、发展和应用进行了阐述;对陆军装甲主动防护系统的国际通用分类、应用现状及发展现状进行了分类介绍;就国际几种典型的陆军装甲主动防护系统进行了详细介绍;最后就陆军装甲主动防护系统进行了发展和应用前景的分析。     

引入权重的防空战场态势分析模型

在防空作战中,战场态势的分析非常重要,是辅助决策的基础.为了分析和把握防空作战时的战场态势,针对战场态势的主要影响因素,应用集对分析理论和方法,以集对分析的同异反联系度和距离测度为基础,构造了防空战场态势的分析模型,并对该模型进行了深入探讨.最后,通过实例计算表明了应用该分析模型进行战场态势评估的可行性,为防空作战的战场态势评估提供了一种有效的方法,具有一定的应用价值.     

水中目标辐射噪声调制信息提取方法研究

讨论了应用小波分析从辐射噪声中提取调制信息的方法。首先利用多尺度分析方法将噪声信号在不同层次的空间上进行分解,实现调制信号与辐射噪声的分离;然后,利用小波变换提取其包络,求取功率谱得到调制信息.在此基础上,对实测辐射噪声数据进行仿真研究.结果表明,该方法用于噪声中调制信息检测是一种有效的手段.