Optimal pricing and inventory control policy in periodic‐review systems with fixed ordering cost and lost sales

This paper studies a periodic‐review pricing and inventory control problem for a retailer, which faces stochastic price‐sensitive demand, under quite general modeling assumptions. Any unsatisfied demand is lost, and any leftover inventory at the end of the finite selling horizon has a salvage value. The cost component for the retailer includes holding, shortage, and both variable and fixed ordering costs. The retailer's objective is to maximize its discounted expected profit over the selling horizon by dynamically deciding on the optimal pricing and replenishment policy for each period. We show that, under a mild assumption on the additive demand function, at the beginning of each period an (s,S) policy is optimal for replenishment, and the value of the optimal price depends on the inventory level after the replenishment decision has been done. Our numerical study also suggests that for a sufficiently long selling horizon, the optimal policy is almost stationary. Furthermore, the fixed ordering cost (K) plays a significant role in our modeling framework. Specifically, any increase in K results in lower s and higher S. On the other hand, the profit impact of dynamically changing the retail price, contrasted with a single fixed price throughout the selling horizon, also increases with K. We demonstrate that using the optimal policy values from a model with backordering of unmet demands as approximations in our model might result in significant profit penalty. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2006     

A multilevel passenger screening problem for aviation security

Passenger prescreening is a critical component of aviation security systems. This paper introduces the Multilevel Allocation Problem (MAP), which models the screening of passengers and baggage in a multilevel aviation security system. A passenger is screened by one of several classes, each of which corresponds to a set of procedures using security screening devices, where passengers are differentiated by their perceived risk levels. Each class is defined in terms of its fixed cost (the overhead costs), its marginal cost (the additional cost to screen a passenger), and its security level. The objective of MAP is to assign each passenger to a class such that the total security is maximized subject to passenger assignments and budget constraints. This paper shows that MAP is NP‐hard and introduces a Greedy heuristic that obtains approximate solutions to MAP that use no more than two classes. Examples are constructed using data extracted from the Official Airline Guide. Analysis of the examples suggests that fewer security classes for passenger screening may be more effective and that using passenger risk information can lead to more effective security screening strategies. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2006     

Approximate dynamic programming methods for an inventory allocation problem under uncertainty

We propose two approximate dynamic programming methods to optimize the distribution operations of a company manufacturing a certain product at multiple production plants and shipping it to different customer locations for sale. We begin by formulating the problem as a dynamic program. Our first approximate dynamic programming method uses a linear approximation of the value function and computes the parameters of this approximation by using the linear programming representation of the dynamic program. Our second method relaxes the constraints that link the decisions for different production plants. Consequently, the dynamic program decomposes by the production plants. Computational experiments show that the proposed methods are computationally attractive, and in particular, the second method performs significantly better than standard benchmarks. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2006     

动态教学法在《政治学原理》课程教学中的运用

政治学原理课程在授课过程中存在着教材内容的确定性和稳定性,而无论从国际国内形势还是从政治学研究而言,政治学所关注的范围和内容又都处于动态的不断发展变化的。笔者以为,只有在授课中具体运用动态教学法,通过联系学生自身、联系社会现实、联系国家大事、联系国际政治等实际,才能使政治学原理课程在马克思主义基本原则的指导下,更富有时代特征和生活气息,使学生真正学有所获。     

聚氨酯阻尼材料的结构设计及其动态力学性能的研究

据聚合物阻尼性能定量化理论,设计合成了软段结构、分子量不同以及含支链的聚氨酯.动态力学性能测试表明,含聚环氧丙烷二醇(PPG,Mn=2 000)、聚己二酸二乙二醇(PDEA,Mn=2 000)、聚己二酸乙二醇(PEAG,Mn=2 000)软段的试样的温域宽和内耗峰高.当软段分子量增加时,材料的损耗因子增加.组份相同时,含支链比不含支链的聚氨酯试样的内耗峰高,阻尼值大.     

基于MATLAB／SIMULINK的火控系统动态仿真试验平台设计

火控系统动态仿真试验平台是基于ＭＡＴＬＡＢ／ＳＩＭＵＬＩＮＫ研制的仿真工具。着重介绍了它的功用和软件的树型结构,并以某型雷达方位角天控系统为例,介绍了应用试验平台进行动态仿真和性能分析时的基本步骤。     

光学图样光电探测的动态仿真

以圆孔夫琅和弗衍射图样的光电探测为例,介绍了对光学图样的光电探测进行动态仿真的方法。     

二种光电稳定器的比较及分析

提出一种四环二轴光电稳定方案。与常规的二环二轴系统相比,它具有精度高,仰角大等优点。文章从运动学及控制原理着手,对二种方案进行分析和对比。     

程序语言的军用特征及其对计算机软件的支持

本文讨论了程序语言的军用特征及ＡＤＡ与Ｃ对军用软件的支持,最后指出军用语言的发展方向。     

弹塑性梁动态断裂的线弹簧模型

The elastic-plastic line-spring model is proposed to analyse the dynamicfracture of a cracked beam of ductile material in present paper. It can be expected from thenumerical results that this method for the analysis of dynamic fracture under elastic-plasticconditions will be valuable due to its computational simplicity.