Priority queue with customer upgrades

This article is concerned with a general multi‐class multi‐server priority queueing system with customer priority upgrades. The queueing system has various applications in inventory control, call centers operations, and health care management. Through a novel design of Lyapunov functions, and using matrix‐analytic methods, sufficient conditions for the queueing system to be stable or instable are obtained. Bounds on the queue length process are obtained by a sample path method, with the help of an auxiliary queueing system. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2012     

A nested benders decomposition approach for telecommunication network planning

Despite its ability to result in more effective network plans, the telecommunication network planning problem with signal‐to‐interference ratio constraints gained less attention than the power‐based one because of its complexity. In this article, we provide an exact solution method for this class of problems that combines combinatorial Benders decomposition, classical Benders decomposition, and valid cuts in a nested way. Combinatorial Benders decomposition is first applied, leading to a binary master problem and a mixed integer subproblem. The subproblem is then decomposed using classical Benders decomposition. The algorithm is enhanced using valid cuts that are generated at the classical Benders subproblem and are added to the combinatorial Benders master problem. The valid cuts proved efficient in reducing the number of times the combinatorial Benders master problem is solved and in reducing the overall computational time. More than 120 instances of the W‐CDMA network planning problem ranging from 20 demand points and 10 base stations to 140 demand points and 30 base stations are solved to optimality. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2010     

在柴油机放热曲线计算中两个关键问题的解决方法

对影响柴油机放热曲线精度计算的因素进行了讨论 ,并对影响放热率计算的主要问题如动态上止点修正、示功图光顺处理两个主要环节进行了分析研究 ,提出了解决方法 .     

Supplier certification and quality investment in supply chains

Global sourcing has made quality management a more challenging task, and supplier certification has emerged as a solution to overcome suppliers' informational advantage about their product quality. This article analyzes the impact of certification standards on the supplier's investment in quality, when a buyer outsources the production process. Based on our results, deterministic certification may lead to under‐investment in quality improvement technology for efficient suppliers, thereby leading to potential supply chain inefficiency. The introduction of noisy certification may alleviate this under‐investment problem, when the cost of information asymmetry is high. While allowing noisy certification always empowers the buyer to offer a menu to screen among heterogeneous suppliers, the buyer may optimally choose only a limited number of certification standards. Our analysis provides a clear‐cut prediction of the types of certifiers the buyer should use for heterogeneous suppliers, and we identify the conditions under which the supplier benefits from noisy certification. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2013     

Maintaining systems with heterogeneous spare parts

We consider the problem of optimally maintaining a stochastically degrading, single‐unit system using heterogeneous spares of varying quality. The system's failures are unannounced; therefore, it is inspected periodically to determine its status (functioning or failed). The system continues in operation until it is either preventively or correctively maintained. The available maintenance options include perfect repair, which restores the system to an as‐good‐as‐new condition, and replacement with a randomly selected unit from the supply of heterogeneous spares. The objective is to minimize the total expected discounted maintenance costs over an infinite time horizon. We formulate the problem using a mixed observability Markov decision process (MOMDP) model in which the system's age is observable but its quality must be inferred. We show, under suitable conditions, the monotonicity of the optimal value function in the belief about the system quality and establish conditions under which finite preventive maintenance thresholds exist. A detailed computational study reveals that the optimal policy encourages exploration when the system's quality is uncertain; the policy is more exploitive when the quality is highly certain. The study also demonstrates that substantial cost savings are achieved by utilizing our MOMDP‐based method as compared to more naïve methods of accounting for heterogeneous spares.     

某型穿甲弹弹托轻量化仿真研究

为了减小弹托消极质量,提高某型穿甲弹的威力,运用Ansys11.0软件的Workbench平台,采用瞬态动力学方法对某型穿甲弹的发射强度进行了仿真,结果表明:该弹弹托马鞍部和尾椎部的强度裕度较大。通过在马鞍部钻孔和尾椎部开槽,在满足发射强度要求的前提下可减轻弹托质量170 g,从而使该型穿甲弹的炮口初速提高了16.25 m/s,进而使该型穿甲弹对既定目标的有效穿透距离增加了270 m左右。     

管道在线检测技术及检测机器人研究

概述了管道检测技术发展现状,介绍了最新检测技术的原理,分析了管道内检测机器人的技术要点,概括介绍了课题组在差压式管内检测机器人周围流场建模与仿真、腐蚀环境下管道钢裂纹群演化的混沌动力学、差压式管内检测机器人的通过性能、管内检测机器人运行速度和姿态分析及运动状态控制、管内检测机器人小型化、小型化管内检测机器人检测精度、小型化管内检测机器人定位精度及管道剩余寿命的预测方法等方面的研究进展,为今后的研究打下了坚实的基础。     

通用化对雷达备件供应保障的影响分析

通过建立和分析备件供应保障的量化指标,推导出通用化对备件保障度和备件购置费用影响的关系式,并给出了应用实例,为部队备件供应保障决策提供了理论依据。     

浅谈英语学科教研论文的写作

搞教研离不开教研论文的写作。撰写英语教研论文是深化英语教改、提高教育质量和教学、科研水平的需要,也是英语教师自我完善、自我提高的一条重要途径。本文通过对英语教研论文的选题、结构体系、材料的准备和运用等几个方面的探讨,旨在促进广大英语教师搞好教研工作,写好教研论文。     

弹药保障CGF智能决策模型研究与实现

弹药保障CGF智能决策系统是装备保障效能评估系统必不可少的组成部分,其核心是对人类决策行为的建模与仿真.在介绍智能决策含义和决策过程的基础上,重点研究和分析了CGF智能决策行为,构建了CGF智能决策模型.针对决策过程中由于无法获得人脑思维方式而导致行为模型的表达、描述、推理等受到怀疑的问题,在弹药保障CGF智能决策模型中,将决策行为分解为任务决策、过程决策和动作决策3个步骤,接近于人类思维方式.同时,对实现弹药保障CGF智能决策具有关键作用的任务决策原则、过程决策方法和动作决策规则进行了研究,并给出了应用实例.实例证明,弹药保障CGF智能决策方法逻辑清晰,易于理解和维护,便于实现.