Bounded flexibility in days‐on and days‐off scheduling

This article presents a flexible days‐on and days‐off scheduling problem and develops an exact branch and price (B&P) algorithm to find solutions. The main objective is to minimize the size of the total workforce required to cover time‐varying demand over a planning horizon that may extend up to 12 weeks. A new aspect of the problem is the general restriction that the number of consecutive days on and the number of consecutive days off must each fall within a predefined range. Moreover, the total assignment of working days in the planning horizon cannot exceed some maximum value. In the B&P framework, the master problem is stated as a set covering‐type problem whose columns are generated iteratively by solving one of three different subproblems. The first is an implicit model, the second is a resource constrained shortest path problem, and the third is a dynamic program. Computational experiments using both real‐word and randomly generated data show that workforce reductions up to 66% are possible with highly flexible days‐on and days‐off patterns. When evaluating the performance of the three subproblems, it was found that each yielded equivalent solutions but the dynamic program proved to be significantly more efficient. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 60: 678–701, 2013     

一种面向大规模HLA仿真的并行区域匹配算法

HLA仿真中,数据分发管理实现基于值的过滤,可以有效减少盟员接收冗余数据的可能性和网络中的数据流量。大规模HLA仿真系统在仿真推进中需要大量的区域匹配计算以维护数据分发管理的正确性。现有的区域匹配算法大多需要对所有区域进行匹配计算,造成了大量计算资源的浪费;同时,主要基于串行匹配思想,难以充分发挥多核平台的并行计算优势。针对现有区域匹配算法的局限性,提出了一种面向大规模HLA仿真的并行区域匹配算法,该算法能够实现对一次仿真推进中多个改变区域的并行匹配计算,同时在匹配计算中采用基于移动相交的基本思想,利用区域范围移动前后的历史信息,将匹配限定在移动区间之内,减少了大量的无关计算。理论分析与实验结果表明该算法尤其适合基于多核计算平台构建大规模分布式仿真的应用需求。     

新型城镇化建设的消防工作对策探讨——以平潭综合实验区为例

根据对福建省新型城镇化建设的实验地平潭综合实验区消防工作的调研,以消防建设及消防安全面临的现状为切入点,结合新型城镇化建设下消防工作存在的突出问题进行分析,从消防专项规划、消防基础建设、消防宣传教育和消防服务管理等方面提出了一些新思路与对策.     

空舰导弹火控系统精度分析研究

介绍了一种空舰导弹火控系统动态精度试验的试验方法、误差分析理论和方法.用导弹火控系统的数据测量设备获取火控系统输出射击诸元参数实际值,再测量载机和靶船的位置和运动参数,经真值解算模型解算出射击诸元参数标准值.将实际值与标准值进行比较与分析,即可得知空舰导弹火控系统的动态精度是否满足要求.此方法已成功地应用于导弹火控系统精度飞行试验中.     

构建土地资源管理专业人才培养方案与体系的探讨

本文以石河子大学理学院新审批土地资源管理专业为例,根据土地科学的学科性质和土地管理实际工作对人才规格的需求,结合兵团实际,主要从人才培养目标定位、课程体系构建,师资队伍培养、实践教学体系及实践教学平台搭建等四个方面对该专业人才培养方案与体系进行了初步的探索与实践。     

Chalk vs Guns: Some economic consequences of an announced French scenario 1

This paper explores whether defense contractors' manufacturing technology advantages over purely commercial firms might be associated with differences in their workforce and organizational practices. It uses unique original data collected specifically to test workforce and organizational complementarities in implementation of advanced manufacturing technology in small manufacturers. Findings are that defense contractors: (1) have higher and deeper rates of advanced manufacturing technology use; (2) have greater perceived success in achieving manufacturing goals; (3) are more likely practitioners across a diverse spectrum of advanced workforce and organizational practices. Then, (4) econometrically, the defense contractors' higher reported levels of achievement in implementing advanced manufacturing technologies are positively associated with those organizational and workforce practice differences.     

压电执行器 NLDDS及神经网络非线性建模与控制

本文采用非线性动态数据系统(NLDDS)建模方法和非线性递推最小二乘算法,对具有迟滞非线性特性的压电陶瓷微进给执行器的动态特征进行了建模、预报与控制,并且用人工神经网络对该类系统的建模与控制进行仿真。结果证明上述方法在一定程度上是可行的和有效的。     

FP GA软件测试过程及管理

船舶领域的FPGA软件测试严重滞后于应用增长的速度,部分型号甚至未将其纳入测试范畴。在研制过程中,由FPGA故障导致的修改调试已成为影响进度和增加成本的瓶颈。因此,针对FGPA软件特点及其测试的现状,对其测试过程、测试模型和过程管理进行研究,并给出完整的过程管理体系。通过采用规范化、有序化、系统化、面向工程的、面向任务的文档及配套管理手段进行正确引导、组织和实施测试活动,持续改进测试流程中各个阶段工作质量和效用,及早及时地发现和关闭开发过程中存在的缺陷,提高设计和测试的沟通效率,最终保证FPGA产品的质量,提升客户的满意度。     

面向计算流体力学的图形处理器资源管理

针对求解计算流体力学过程中图形处理器资源利用率低的问题,提出面向计算流体力学的图形处理器资源优化管理方案。基于计算流体力学的算法特性和同时运行任务的执行特点,设计合理的调度方案。通过动态改变不同任务的启动规模和启动时间,在减少资源竞争的同时提高图形处理器资源的有效使用。实验结果表明:本文提出的资源管理方案相比基线方法在不同任务规模下的平均加速比达到 1.64,对图形处理器的硬件资源使用也有了显著的提升。     

Inventory financing under Risk-Adjusted-Return-On-Capital criterion

Risk-Adjusted-Return-On-Capital (RAROC) is a loan-pricing criterion under which a bank sets the loan term such that a certain rate of return is achieved on the regulatory capital required by the Basel regulation. Some banks calculate the amount of regulatory capital for each loan under the standardized approach (“standardized banks,” the regulatory capital is proportional to the loan amount), and others under the internal rating-based (IRB) approach (“IRB banks,” the regulatory capital is related to the Value-at-Risk of the loan). This article examines the impact of the RAROC criterion on the bank's loan-pricing decision and the retailer's inventory decision. We find that among the loan terms that satisfy the bank's RAROC criterion, the one that benefits the retailer the most requires the bank to specify an inventory advance rate in addition to the interest rate. Under this loan term, the retailer's inventory level is more sensitive to his asset level when facing an IRB bank compared to a standardized bank. An IRB (standardized) loan leads to higher profit and inventory level for retailers with high (low) asset. For retailers with medium asset, an IRB loan results in a higher retailer profit but a lower consumer welfare. Calibrated numerical study reveals that the benefit of choosing standardized banks (relative to IRB banks) can be as high as 30% for industries with severe capital constraints, volatile demands, and low profit margins, highlighting the importance for retailers to carefully choose the type of banks to borrow from. When the interest rate is capped by regulation, retailers borrowing from a standardized bank are more likely to be influenced by the interest rate cap than those borrowing from an IRB bank. Under strong empire-building incentives (the bank will offer loan terms to maximize the size of the loan), retailers with medium initial asset level shift their preference from IRB banks to standardized banks.