Retailer's rationale to refuse consumer returns in supply chains

While accepting consumer returns has long been proposed as a solution to resolve the consumer valuation uncertainty problem, there are still a sizable portion of retailers who insist on a “no return” policy. In this article, we offer an economic rationale for these seemingly unreasonable strategies in a supply chain context. We demonstrate when and why the retailer may benefit from refusing consumer returns, even though offering consumer returns allows the supply chain to implement the expostmarket segmentation. Granting the retailer the right to refuse consumer returns may sometimes improve supply chain efficiency: it eliminates the manufacturer's attempt to induce inefficient consumer returns and bring the equilibrium back to that in the vertically integrated benchmark. We also find that the refund and the retail price can move in the opposite directions when product reliability varies, and consumer returns have a nontrivial impact on the quality choice. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 686–701, 2015     

无人机测控系统Turbo-MAP译码方法

无人机测控数据链系统与地面控制站进行的是遥测数据、侦察图像及遥控指令的传输,因此,高质量的通信是确保无人机数据链发挥效能的关键技术之一。针对无人机信道的特点和要求,研究了无人机信道的Turbo-MAP译码模型,提出一种无人机测控系统Turbo-MAP译码方法,并针对各种参数条件进行了Matlab仿真。实验结果证明,该方法能够保证在发送数据的时候尽量使用长度较长的数据包且增加交织深度,并显著提升译码BER性能。     

某型坦克炮常规弹药高原环境下打击效能试验

根据某型坦克炮所配备的制式常规弹药在高原的适应性试验情况,分析了该型坦克炮作战使用的主要弹种穿甲弹和杀伤爆破弹在高海拔条件下的外弹道状态,将平原地区与高原地区的测试数据进行了对比计算,对该型坦克炮配备的穿甲弹和杀伤爆破弹在高海拔条件下的打击效能加以分析和评估,为其在高原环境下作战和使用的打击效能提供参考依据。     

滑模控制的新型双幂次组合函数趋近律

提出一种基于双幂次组合函数趋近律的新型滑模控制方案。与现有的快速幂次或双幂次趋近律相比,具有更快的收敛速度,同时还保持了全局固定时间收敛特性,收敛时间上界与滑模初值无关。当系统存在有界扰动时,能够使滑模变量在有限时间内收敛到稳态误差界内,同时其稳态误差要小于现有方法的。仿真实验验证了该方法的有效性及理论分析的正确性。     

Does defence expenditure have a spillover effect on income inequality? A cross-regional analysis in China

China’s defence expenditure has been growing rapidly along with GDP growth during the past two decades. Meanwhile, the income gap has continued to increase. There are conflicting views regarding whether the defence expenditure is capable of reducing income inequality. Therefore, this paper investigates the existence of any spillover effect of defence expenditure on income inequality, with a special focus on the regional differences among 31 provinces and 7 military regions in China. We extend panel cointegration and the impulse response function by using panel data during the period of 1997–2012. The empirical results show that the defence expenditure has an impact on income inequality, and the effect varies over different regions in China. The defence expenditure has a spillover effect on income inequality in the full sample panel and the southeastern panel. An increase in the defence expenditure does not crowd out social welfare spending due to the high level of economic development and government expenditure. On the contrary, in the northern panel, the effect is opposite because of the unbalanced economic development levels within the panel. Beijing as the capital of China, benefits more from the expansion of defence expenditure thus widening the income gap. In addition, the impulse response analyses further confirm a stronger effect of the defence expenditure on income inequality in the northern and the southeastern panels over a short period.     

一种高炮拦阻射击新体制

针对高炮拦阻射击,提出了一种新射击体制,详细叙述了该体制的实现机理,并建立了数学模型。在此基础上,针对某型现役高炮的武器性能参数,探讨了初速序列的确定等关键问题,并进行了数值计算。该体制射击过程中不需要改变方向角和射角,对随动系统的要求大幅降低,可缓解自行高炮系统的随动制约,还可使大量随动性能较差的牵引高炮重新焕发生机。该体制的提出与最终实现对提升高射综合体防空反导作战效能具有重要意义。     

基于广义非线性变换的特征谱线增强方法

为提高强背景噪声下频谱分析的特征提取能力,突出所关心的特征谱线,在非线性变换方法的基础上,提出了广义非线性变换方法。对比分析结果表明:广义非线性变换方法将固定的放大阈值改为可变值,提高了该方法实际应用的灵活性和适用性,易于获得最佳的特征谱线增强效果。     

矿车驾驶室悬置刚度匹配计算

以某矿车为研究对象,建立了整车6自由度模型,通过在频域内路面功率谱对车轮激振,模拟矿车驾驶室的振动。并改变驾驶室前、后悬置的刚度以及阻尼比,3变量同时作用,根据平顺性评价指标,对前、后悬置刚度进行了合理匹配,为驾驶室悬置刚度值选取提供了依据。     

一种自启动偏置电路芯片的设计

针对集成电路中对高精度基准电流源的需求,设计了一种具有自启动功能的偏置电流源电路,输出电流值为10μA、2μA。仿真结果表明该电路在保持高电源抑制比的同时,提供了合适的静态工作点,解决了芯片自启动问题。     

大学生思想政治教育中的“沉默螺旋”现象

"沉默的螺旋"理论是20世纪70年代德国社会学家诺尔诺依曼基于历史和传播的角度提出的关于舆论形成的理论假设,是现今学界研究受众反应的经典理论之一。本文就沉默螺旋理论在当代大学生思政传播中的存在性进行了论证,并分析了其对大学生思想政治教育可能产生的影响,结合实际,探讨了降低其负面影响的对策。