Replacing nonidentical vital components to extend system life

We consider a system that depends on a single vital component. If this component fails, the system life will terminate. If the component is replaced before its failure then the system life may be extended; however, there are only a finite number of spare components. In addition, the lifetimes of these spare components are not necessarily identically distributed. We propose a model for scheduling component replacements so as to maximize the expected system survival. We find the counterintuitive result that when comparing components' general lifetime distributions based on stochastic orderings, not even the strongest ordering provides an a priori guarantee of the optimal sequencing of components. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2008     

基于非独立测试的诊断策略优化生成

诊断策略优化设计是测试性设计中的一项重要内容.实际中的测试彼此间并非独立,即测试费用依赖于测试的先后顺序,针对这一问题,提出将测试划分成不同的测试模式,规定当一个测试序列中存在模式变换时必须考虑附加的转换费用.建立了同时考虑测试费用和模式转换费用启发式评估函数,并基于该启发式评估函数设计了近似最优的搜索算法,应用案例验证了本算法.试验表明该方法有效地解决了非独立测试的诊断策略优化生成问题.     

A parallel machine replacement model

This paper considers a finite horizon parallel machine replacement problem where a fixed number of machines is in operation at all times. The operating cost for a machine goes up as the machine gets older. An older machine may have to be replaced by a new one when its operating cost becomes too high. There is a fixed order cost associated with the purchase of new machines. Machine purchase prices and salvage values may depend on the period in which they were purchased. The objective is to find a replacement plan that minimizes the total discounted cost over the problem horizon. We believe that the costs in our model are more commonly observed in practice than those previously used in the literature. The paper develops properties of optimal solutions and an efficient forward‐time algorithm to find an optimal replacement plan. A dominance property is developed that further limits the options to be considered, and a simple forecast horizon result is also presented. Future research possibilities are mentioned. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 49: 275–287, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (http://www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/nav.10012     

Designing a screening experiment for highly reliable products

Within a reasonable life‐testing time, how to improve the reliability of highly reliable products is one of the great challenges to today's manufacturers. By using a resolution III experiment together with degradation test, Tseng, Hamada, and Chiao (1995) presented an interesting case study of improving the reliability of fluorescent lamps. However, in conducting such an experiment, they did not address the problem of how to choose the optimal settings of variables, such as sample size, inspection frequency, and termination time for each run, which are influential to the correct identification of significant factors and the experimental cost. Assuming that the product's degradation paths satisfy Wiener processes, this paper proposes a systematic approach to the aforementioned problem. First, an intuitively appealing identification rule is proposed. Next, under the constraints of a minimum probability of correct decision and a maximum probability of incorrect decision of the proposed identification rule, the optimum test plan (including the determinations of inspection frequency, sample size, and termination time for each run) can be obtained by minimizing the total experimental cost. An example is provided to illustrate the proposed method. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 49: 514–526, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/nav.10024     

Two‐stage component test plans for testing the reliability of a series system

A system reliability is often evaluated by individual tests of components that constitute the system. These component test plans have advantages over complete system based tests in terms of time and cost. In this paper, we consider the series system with n components, where the lifetime of the i‐th component follows exponential distribution with parameter λ_i. Assuming test costs for the components are different, we develop an efficient algorithm to design a two‐stage component test plan that satisfies the usual probability requirements on the system reliability and in addition minimizes the maximum expected cost. For the case of prior information in the form of upper bounds on λ_i's, we use the genetic algorithm to solve the associated optimization problems which are otherwise difficult to solve using mathematical programming techniques. The two‐stage component test plans are cost effective compared to single‐stage plans developed by Rajgopal and Mazumdar. We demonstrate through several numerical examples that our approach has the potential to reduce the overall testing costs significantly. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 49: 95–116, 2002; DOI 10.1002/nav.1051     

FlexRay在导弹测试系统中的应用

针对导弹测试系统可靠性差、通信速率低的缺点,在分析测试需求的基础上,提出了一种基于Flex Ray总线技术的导弹测试系统总体设计方案,给出了数字信号处理器与总线控制器的接口硬件电路、软件流程,分析了设计中需要考虑的主要问题。     

试飞多目标实时定位系统的设计与实现

针对空空多目标攻击问题,运用一种基于全球定位系统(GPS)、时分多址(TDMA)和频分多址(FDMA)相结合的技术,设计了试飞多目标实时定位系统。在试飞中通过无线数据链路实时获取多个目标的GPS位置、速度数据,进行插值推算等数据融合处理后,发送给评估系统,作为空空多目标攻击技术实时评估的基准信息。系统具有定位精度高、系统数据更新率快,在实际应用中显示了良好的性能。     

协议测试中测试序列生成方法综述

文章在介绍协议一致性测试基本概念的基础上,重点列举了测试序列的几种生成方法。对目前广泛采用的形式化描述模型,重点介绍其中基于有限状态机模型的测试序列生成方法,同时对基于扩展有限状态机以及确定有限状态机的测试序列生成方法也进行了介绍。文章对每一种方法介绍了其原理并分析了其使用中的局限。文章最后指出了在协议测试中面临的问题和进一步研究的方向。     

某型小口径高炮动态跟踪系统误差分析

在该型小口径高炮系统的指标中,对于高炮动态射击精度、火控跟踪精度和随动系统精度都是既有随机误差要求,又有系统误差要求.将火控动态跟踪系统误差作为非常重要的考核指标,却与外场测试结果有差别.从动态跟踪系统误差的产生、分类和内涵出发,通过建立动态跟踪数学模型,并结合作图对其原由进行了深刻的分析.     

基于Petri网的近程防空武器射击建模

提出一种扩展时延Petri网,新提出的Petri网与以往高级时延Petri网的不同之处在于它允许个体的个性与共性同样得到考虑。这种方法被用来对装备多跟踪装置、多种对空武器的防空系统对多目标进行射击过程进行建模、分析、模型的正确性在文章最后的仿真中得到了验证。