Periodic review inventory management with contingent use of two freight modes with fixed costs

We study a stochastic inventory model of a firm that periodically orders a product from a make‐to‐order manufacturer. Orders can be shipped by a combination of two freight modes that differ in lead‐times and costs, although orders are not allowed to cross. Placing an order as well as each use of each freight mode has a fixed and a quantity proportional cost. The decision of how to allocate units between the two freight modes utilizes information about demand during the completion of manufacturing. We derive the optimal freight mode allocation policy, and show that the optimal policy for placing orders is not an (s,S) policy in general. We provide tight bounds for the optimal policy that can be calculated by solving single period problems. Our analysis enables insights into the structure of the optimal policy specifying the conditions under which it simplifies to an (s,S) policy. We characterize the best (s,S) policy for our model, and through extensive numerical investigation show that its performance is comparable with the optimal policy in most cases. Our numerical study also sheds light on the benefits of the dual freight model over the single freight models. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2011     

Managing components for assemble‐to‐order products with lead‐time‐dependent pricing: The full‐shipment model

We study a component inventory planning problem in an assemble‐to‐order environment faced by many contract manufacturers in which both quick delivery and efficient management of component inventory are crucial for the manufacturers to achieve profitability in a highly competitive market. Extending a recent study in a similar problem setting by the same authors, we analyze an optimization model for determining the optimal component stocking decision for a contract manufacturer facing an uncertain future demand, where product price depends on the delivery times. In contrast to our earlier work, this paper considers the situation where the contract manufacturer needs to deliver the full order quantity in one single shipment. This delivery requirement is appropriate for many industries, such as the garment and toy industries, where the economies of scale in transportation is essential. We develop efficient solution procedures for solving this optimization problem. We use our model results to illustrate how the different model parameters affect the optimal solution. We also compare the results under this full‐shipment model with those from our earlier work that allows for multiple partial shipments. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007     

Probabilistic solution and bounds for serial inventory systems with discounted and average costs

We consider the infinite horizon serial inventory system with both average cost and discounted cost criteria. The optimal echelon base‐stock levels are obtained in terms of only probability distributions of leadtime demands. This analysis yields a novel approach for developing bounds and heuristics for optimal inventory control polices. In addition to deriving the known bounds in literature, we develop several new upper bounds for both average cost and discounted cost models. Numerical studies show that the bounds and heuristic are very close to optimal.© 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007     

低错误平层数列分割移位低密度奇偶校验码构造算法

为降低LDPC(低密度奇偶校验码)码错误平层,提出一种基于环分类搜索的APPS-LDPC(数列分割移位的LDPC)码构造算法。该算法具有码长、码率和列重的任意可设性,同时该类码的Tanner图围长至少为8。循环移位因子可以通过简单的代数表达式描述,从而降低内存需求。仿真结果表明,当误码率达到10-5时,APPS-LDPC码(496,248)相对于PEG-LDPC(渐进边增长LDPC)码获得了约1.9 d B的性能提升;随着信噪比的升高,两条译码性能曲线之间的差距将更大。此外,列重为3的APPS-LDPC码(6144,5376)在信噪比4.6 d B以后并未出现明显的错误平层。该构造算法与PS-LDPC码相比,在误码率达到10-8时大约获得0.25 d B增益;与围长为4和6的PEG构造算法相比,在错误平层区域其译码性能极优;同时相较于此两者,其构造复杂度和耗时也展现出一定优势。通过基于Tanner图的诱捕集分析方法,统计APPS-LDPC码(496,248)中由8环组成的部分小型诱捕集并不存在,从而证明了其错误平层降低的原因。     

A sequential scheduling problem with impatient jobs

There are n customers that need to be served. Customer i will only wait in queue for an exponentially distributed time with rate λ_i before departing the system. The service time of customer i has distribution F_i, and on completion of service of customer i a positive reward r_i is earned. There is a single server and the problem is to choose, after each service completion, which currently in queue customer to serve next so as to maximize the expected total return. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 659–663, 2015     

一种双层Powerlink网络的网关

描述了一种双层Powerlink网络的Powerlink网关,用于解决不同层次实时以太网总线之间数据转换以及不同网络之间周期同步的问题。其主要是解决了两层实时Powerlink网络通信时的周期不同步问题,通过使用这一同步机制使下层Powerlink网络在接入上层Powerlink网络时能够同步于上层网络,使每一个接入在同一上层网络的下层网络的动作实际都与上层网络保持同步,从而确保双层网络数据交互的正常进行。     

Duffing混沌阈值的新定量求解法及其在WSD的应用

概述了求取Duffing系统阈值的3种传统方法,分析优缺点,最终提出一种新的求取混沌阈值的定量方法。这种方法能充分反映周期序列的振荡特征,因此,定义为周期特征量法。将该特征量作为混沌阈值可以明显区别混沌序列和周期序列,由此可以用于判断Duffing系统的输出状态,是一种优于其他方法的混沌判决。最后,仿真验证了该方法的可行性并应用于检测弱周期信号的有无及其幅值。     

基于显著性的红外图像强固定模式噪声抑制*

本文针对红外成像设备对天远距离观测中得到的小目标、强固定模式噪声这一类典型数据提出基于显著性的红外图像强固定模式噪声抑制算法。文中首先对此类图像数据进行特性分析,指出图像中目标区域相对于背景固定模式噪声区域是显著的,利用显著性检测算法分离出图像中目标区域及背景,对不同区域分别采取不同处理,仅基于单幅图像信息实现强固定模式噪声的有效抑制。最后,通过大量小目标、强固定模式噪声红外图像对算法性能进行测试,结果表明,本算法能够准确提取出图像中目标区域,实现图像中强固定模式噪声的有效抑制。     

Limiting survival functions of self‐similar structures

We show the existence of a unique analytic single parameter limiting survival function arising from the repeated composition of a coherent structure as the number of components tends to infinity. Examples include the repeated composition process of the bridge structure. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.     

Index policies for the routing of background jobs

Arriving (generic) jobs may be processed at one of several service stations, but only when no other (dedicated) jobs are waiting there. We consider the problem of how to route these incoming background jobs to make best use of the spare service capacity available at the stations. We develop an approximative approach to Whittle's proposal for restless bandits to obtain an index policy for routing. The indices concerned are increasing and nonlinear in the station workload. A numerical study testifies to the strong performance of the index policies developed. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004