Alleviating time inconsistent behaviors via a competition scheme

Under quasi‐hyperbolic discounting, the valuation of a payoff falls relatively rapidly for earlier delay periods, but then falls more slowly for longer delay periods. When the salespersons with quasi‐hyperbolic discounting consider the product sale problem, they would exert less effort than their early plan, thus resulting in losses of future profit. We propose a winner‐takes‐all competition to alleviate the above time inconsistent behaviors of the salespersons, and allow the company to maximize its revenue by choosing an optimal bonus. To evaluate the effects of the competition scheme, we define the group time inconsistency degree of the salespersons, which measures the consequence of time inconsistent behaviors, and two welfare measures, the group welfare of the salespersons and the company revenue. We show that the competition always improves the group welfare and the company revenue as long as the company chooses to run the competition in the first place. However, the effect on group time inconsistency degree is mixed. When the optimal bonus is moderate (extreme high), the competition motivates (over‐motivates) the salesperson to work hard, thus alleviates (worsens) the time inconsistent behaviors. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 64: 357–372, 2017     

一种稳健的循环平稳信号时延估计算法

基于信号循环平稳特性的时延估计算法具有较强的抗干扰和抗噪声能力,但循环频率误差时性能下降严重。针对这一问题,首先分析了循环频率误差对循环时延估计算法中,循环互相关函数相关法估计性能的影响,进而提出了一种对循环频率误差稳健的改进循环时延估计算法。改进算法通过两次搜索确定循环频率的真实值。仿真实验结果表明,改进算法可以有效地校正循环频率误差,最终使时延估计误差与无循环频率误差时基本相同。     

弹丸弹托结构参数对挤进阻力的影响研究

为了研究某滑膛武器弹丸弹托的不同结构参数及摩擦系数对挤进阻力的影响,分别以弹丸弹托的不同结构参数及摩擦系数作为单一变量,利用Ansys-workbench有限元软件分别对其挤进过程进行数值模拟仿真,得到挤进阻力的变化,进而分析该结构参数对挤进阻力的影响,从而为该滑膛武器弹丸结构设计提供了重要依据,也为同类武器的弹托设计提供了一定的参考价值。     

运动载体涡流磁场数值计算与特性分析

为提高运动载体涡流磁干扰建模与补偿的精度,对载体运动引起的涡流磁场的产生机理和分布特性进行分析研究。首先,对涡流磁场的产生机理进行了溯源分析;然后,采用有限元法对涡流磁场进行数值计算研究。考虑到计算空间包含结构的磁导率单一问题,采用了有限元节点法矢量磁位计算方式,并针对舱体壁计算单元,考虑了耦合积分电势自由度,同时考虑到磁场周期变化,采用了瞬态有限元计算方式;最后,通过数值计算分析,揭示了运动载体涡流磁场与外磁场变化频率的关系,并分析了涡流磁场沿径向和轴向的空间分布特性和传播规律,为运动载体涡流磁场干扰的高精度建模与补偿奠定了基础。     

三维均匀化理论预测多孔混凝土等效弹性模量

应用多尺度渐进展开的均匀化理论,推导三维均匀化理论的有限元解法,求解复合材料等效弹性系数。假设多孔混凝土由光滑均匀一致的球孔与水泥石基质组成,提出改进的随机投放方法,生成三维均匀化理论求解的随机单胞模型。以聚苯乙烯泡沫(EPS)混凝土为数值算例,生成6组不同体积分数的EPS混凝土随机单胞模型,通过三维均匀化理论的有限元法计算得到其等效弹性模量。计算结果表明:随机单胞模型能反映细观的非均质性,三维均匀化理论的有限元法计算得到的等效弹性模量变化趋势比较符合Miled的试验结果。     

飞行器试验多测控目标发射零点应急处理方法

飞行器飞行试验任务中,发射零点T0是整个测控系统启动运行的基准点,是保证测控系统有条不紊正常工作的关键因素。特别是执行多个测控目标连射飞行试验任务,多个发射零点的正确处理更是关乎试验任务的成败。在分析发射零点形成机制基础上,对发射零点在指控系统实时测控软件中的处理方法进行了研究,提出了一种实时测控软件重启后重新获得多测控目标正确发射零点的应急处理方法,解决了试验过程中一旦实时测控软件因重大软件故障导致初始发射零点丢失的问题,保障了试验任务的顺利进行。     

Single batch machine scheduling with deliveries

We consider the problem of scheduling a set of n jobs on a single batch machine, where several jobs can be processed simultaneously. Each job j has a processing time p_j and a size s_j. All jobs are available for processing at time 0. The batch machine has a capacity D. Several jobs can be batched together and processed simultaneously, provided that the total size of the jobs in the batch does not exceed D. The processing time of a batch is the largest processing time among all jobs in the batch. There is a single vehicle available for delivery of the finished products to the customer, and the vehicle has capacity K. We assume that K = rD, where and r is an integer. The travel time of the vehicle is T; that is, T is the time from the manufacturer to the customer. Our goal is to find a schedule of the jobs and a delivery plan so that the service span is minimized, where the service span is the time that the last job is delivered to the customer. We show that if the jobs have identical sizes, then we can find a schedule and delivery plan in time such that the service span is minimum. If the jobs have identical processing times, then we can find a schedule and delivery plan in time such that the service span is asymptotically at most 11/9 times the optimal service span. When the jobs have arbitrary processing times and arbitrary sizes, then we can find a schedule and delivery plan in time such that the service span is asymptotically at most twice the optimal service span. We also derive upper bounds of the absolute worst‐case ratios in both cases. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 470–482, 2015     

机翼不对称损伤飞机在大侧滑角下的操稳特性研究

对某小型电动无人机(以下简称SEPUAV)在其左翼破损40%面积矩下的操稳特性进行详细分析。首先在此损伤下典型大侧滑角定常工作点附近进行特殊的小扰动线性化,然后进行特征根和飞行运动模态的分析;其次对此特殊构型SEPUAV进行操稳特性、时频响应特性进行分析。分析结果表明:左翼破损40%面积矩SEPUAV出现特有运动模态并影响全部纵侧向运动状态的响应;部分传递函数出现较多非最小相位零点从而导致初始响应发生反向;部分通道的Bode图中出现多个波峰波谷并有相角提前等现象。分析结果对后续容损飞行控制器的设计起到铺垫的作用。     

新型PBL键外包钢-混凝土组合梁抗弯承载力简化计算

基于理论分析,建立了新型PBL键外包钢-混凝土组合梁抗弯承载力计算的基本假定和计算模型,推导出组合梁抗弯承载力的简化计算公式,并采用有限元分析软件ANSYS14.5对组合梁进行了非线性有限元分析.对比分析表明:新型PBL键外包钢混凝土组合梁抗弯承载力的试验值、简化计算值和模拟分析值吻合较好.     

Choosing arrival process models for service systems: Tests of a nonhomogeneous Poisson process

Service systems such as call centers and hospital emergency rooms typically have strongly time‐varying arrival rates. Thus, a nonhomogeneous Poisson process (NHPP) is a natural model for the arrival process in a queueing model for performance analysis. Nevertheless, it is important to perform statistical tests with service system data to confirm that an NHPP is actually appropriate, as emphasized by Brown et al. [8]. They suggested a specific statistical test based on the Kolmogorov–Smirnov (KS) statistic after exploiting the conditional‐uniform (CU) property to transform the NHPP into a sequence of i.i.d. random variables uniformly distributed on [0,1] and then performing a logarithmic transformation of the data. We investigate why it is important to perform the final data transformation and consider what form it should take. We conduct extensive simulation experiments to study the power of these alternative statistical tests. We conclude that the general approach of Brown et al. [8] is excellent, but that an alternative data transformation proposed by Lewis [22], drawing upon Durbin [10], produces a test of an NHPP test with consistently greater power. We also conclude that the KS test after the CU transformation, without any additional data transformation, tends to be best to test against alternative hypotheses that primarily differ from an NHPP only through stochastic and time dependence. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 61: 66–90, 2014