A note on the forecast performance of temporal aggregation

Earlier research on the effects of nonoverlapping temporal aggregation on demand forecasting showed the benefits associated with such an approach under a stationary AR(1) or MA(1) processes for decision making conducted at the disaggregate level. The first objective of this note is to extend those important results by considering a more general underlying demand process. The second objective is to assess the conditions under which aggregation may be a preferable approach for improving decision making at the aggregate level as well. We confirm the validity of previous results under more general conditions, and we show the increased benefit resulting from forecasting by temporal aggregation at lower frequency time units. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 61: 489–500, 2014     

系统效能分析在武器装备论证中的应用

论述了系统效能分析与武器装备论证的内在联系,分析探讨了系统效能分析在武器装备论证中的各种应用,提出了具体运用的方法步骤,对如何使装备论证工作更具科学性与可靠性进行了探索。     

面向仿真的C4ISR系统领域分析与需求复用研究

面向C4ISR系统需求开发中的仿真支持问题,将复用作为一种的C4ISR系统需求模型的构建方法,可以快速形成一个有效的领域需求模型支持系统仿真验证。本文研究了C4ISR系统需求的领域性与领域需求共性问题,在此基础上研究了C4ISR系统需求工程中的需求框架、需求本体以及需求组件等不同粒度的复用方法,分别对上述三种方法在领域应用中的不同作用进行了对比分析。     

装备需求论证资源化相关问题研究

在对装备需求论证资源需求分析的基础上,针对其基础性、超前性、秘密性、多样性及复杂性的特征,运用分面组配法将其分为知识资源、数据资源、模型资源、方法资源、任务资源等,并以作战任务、作战能力、装备性能数据为例对其进行了规范化描述。同时,提出了构建装备需求论证资源库的具体思路,包括资源获取、资源信息规范化描述、资源库功能需求分析、资源库的维护和应用等。     

装备需求论证工具化研究

以体系工程思想和DoDAF2．0为指导,在系统分析国内外装备需求论证工具软件研制现状和存在的问题基础上,提出了装备需求论证工具化概念及其软件功能需求,优化设计了工具软件体系结构框架,并着重探讨了软件集成和数据模型等关键支撑技术,为装备需求论证工具化实践奠定了理论基础。     

装备保障需求开发方法

为解决装备保障需求开发规范化的问题,界定了装备保障需求的内涵,分析了装备保障需求开发的目标,提出了＂元任务＂的概念,阐述了＂任务确认-能力集成-能力开发＂的装备保障需求开发方法,并通过实例分析验证了方法的有效性,对于规范装备保障需求描述形式和完善装备保障需求开发机制具有一定的参考价值。     

装备需求论证模型化基本理论研究

针对装备需求论证缺乏模型体系支撑的问题,系统研究了装备需求论证模型化基本理论,论述了装备需求论证模型化的原则、方法、步骤和趋势,分析了关键工作与关键技术,并给出了装备需求满足度数学模型的应用示例,旨在为装备需求论证模型化提供理论指导,进一步完善装备需求论证工程化理论体系。     

Production‐inventory systems with imperfect advance demand information and updating

We consider a supplier with finite production capacity and stochastic production times. Customers provide advance demand information (ADI) to the supplier by announcing orders ahead of their due dates. However, this information is not perfect, and customers may request an order be fulfilled prior to or later than the expected due date. Customers update the status of their orders, but the time between consecutive updates is random. We formulate the production‐control problem as a continuous‐time Markov decision process and prove there is an optimal state‐dependent base‐stock policy, where the base‐stock levels depend upon the numbers of orders at various stages of update. In addition, we derive results on the sensitivity of the state‐dependent base‐stock levels to the number of orders in each stage of update. In a numerical study, we examine the benefit of ADI, and find that it is most valuable to the supplier when the time between updates is moderate. We also consider the impact of holding and backorder costs, numbers of updates, and the fraction of customers that provide ADI. In addition, we find that while ADI is always beneficial to the supplier, this may not be the case for the customers who provide the ADI. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2011     

Optimal control of a capacitated inventory system with multiple demand classes

This article studies the optimal control of a periodic‐review make‐to‐stock system with limited production capacity and multiple demand classes. In this system, a single product is produced to fulfill several classes of demands. The manager has to make the production and inventory allocation decisions. His objective is to minimize the expected total discounted cost. The production decision is made at the beginning of each period and determines the amount of products to be produced. The inventory allocation decision is made after receiving the random demands and determines the amount of demands to be satisfied. A modified base stock policy is shown to be optimal for production, and a multi‐level rationing policy is shown to be optimal for inventory allocation. Then a heuristic algorithm is proposed to approximate the optimal policy. The numerical studies show that the heuristic algorithm is very effective. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 58: 43–58, 2011     

Inventory control in divergent supply chains with time‐based dispatching and shipment consolidation

This article analyses a divergent supply chain consisting of a central warehouse and N nonidentical retailers. The focus is on joint evaluation of inventory replenishment and shipment consolidation effects. A time‐based dispatching and shipment consolidation policy is used at the warehouse in conjunction with real‐time point‐of‐sale data and centralized inventory information. This represents a common situation, for example, in various types of vendor managed inventory systems. The main contribution is the derivation of an exact recursive procedure for determining the expected inventory holding and backorder costs for the system, under the assumption of Poisson demand. Two heuristics for determining near optimal shipment intervals are also presented. The results are applicable both for single‐item and multiitem systems. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 58: 59–71, 2011