Approximations for heavily loaded G/GI/n + GI queues

Motivated by applications to service systems, we develop simple engineering approximation formulas for the steady‐state performance of heavily loaded G/GI/n+GI multiserver queues, which can have non‐Poisson and nonrenewal arrivals and non‐exponential service‐time and patience‐time distributions. The formulas are based on recently established Gaussian many‐server heavy‐traffic limits in the efficiency‐driven (ED) regime, where the traffic intensity is fixed at ρ > 1, but the approximations also apply to systems in the quality‐and‐ED regime, where ρ > 1 but ρ is close to 1. Good performance across a wide range of parameters is obtained by making heuristic refinements, the main one being truncation of the queue length and waiting time approximations to nonnegative values. Simulation experiments show that the proposed approximations are effective for large‐scale queuing systems for a significant range of the traffic intensity ρ and the abandonment rate θ, roughly for ρ > 1.02 and θ > 2.0. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 63: 187–217, 2016     

捷联惯导+G/G接收机+星光组合导航应用研究

提出了适用于高空导弹的以捷联惯导为主,G/G接收机、星光导航为辅的组合导航方式,对组合方式进行了讨论,并给出了捷联惯导+G/G接收机+星光组合导航的原理图。     

面向NCW的C2参考模型研究

对C2系统仿真及评价而言,在网络中心战背景下构建一个良好的参考模型是目前C2领域研究中的瓶颈问题.以过程模型及MOM框架为核心构建了面向复杂网络的C2系统概念性模型框架.在构筑抽象的C2过程模型框架基础上,借鉴认知决策(RPD)模型的概念,从感知分析及参数估计、态势评估、模式匹配、行为确定四个方面对C2过程模型进行了形式化描述,同时从个体信息能力度量、个体态势感知能力度量、个体决策能力度量、个体指挥引导能力度量、信息共享能力度量、态势共享能力度量、协同决策能力度量、作战意图共享能力度量、作战意图同步能力度量9个方面对C2 MOM框架进行了分析.     

MF-DFA方法的船舶辐射噪声特征提取

分析船舶辐射噪声和环境噪声的多重分形特征的成因,提出利用MF-DFA方法对实测船舶辐射噪声进行处理,将环境噪声的分形特征削弱或消除,从而只得到船舶辐射噪声的分形特征,再结合MF-DFA方法与盒子维的定义进行船舶辐射噪声进行特征提取.     

OFDM/OQAM系统信道估计改进方法

在基于导频的信道估计方法中,伪导频的功率决定了该信道估计方法的性能.为了提高OFDM/OQAM系统的信道估计精度,提高频谱效率,提出一种基于改进导频结构的信道估计方法.在原有导频结构的基础上,对其中功率最高的导频结构进行改进,并给出对应的信道估计方法.由于缺乏足够的接收信号先验知识,无法直接对信道进行估计.为了解决这一...     

Traffic channeling under uncertain conversion rates on e-commerce platforms

Traffic is the lifeblood of every e-commerce platform. The question of how to channel traffic to merchants operating on a platform lies at the heart of platform management. We consider a platform on which two independent merchants sell their products. Merchants compete on inventory in the sense that some of the unmet demand at one merchant will spill over to the other. The platform channels traffic based on products' conversion rates to maximize the total sale on the platform. We show that traffic channeling plays three roles. First, it allows more efficient allocation of traffic; that is, the merchant with a high conversion rate is given a higher priority in receiving traffic. Second, it allows the platform to control demand spillover between the merchants to maximize total sales. The platform either facilitates or prevents demand spillover, depending on product substitutability. Third, traffic channeling intensifies competition between the merchants and hence increases the total inventory. More efficient allocation of traffic and the increase in inventory increase sales inequality between the merchants. In contrast, demand spillover decreases sales inequality. While the platform always benefits from traffic channeling, the merchants do not benefit when their products are moderately substitutable. Interestingly, when the two products are owned and sold by the same merchant, the opposite happens–traffic channeling always benefits the merchant but may hurt the platform. Our study provides a basis for informed discussions on how platforms should channel traffic in response to conversion rates, and how traffic channeling affects the welfare of merchants and platforms.