Impact of reseller's and sales agent's forecasting accuracy in a multilayer supply chain

We consider a three‐layer supply chain with a manufacturer, a reseller, and a sales agent. The demand is stochastically determined by the random market condition and the sales agent's private effort level. Although the manufacturer is uninformed about the market condition, the reseller and the sales agent conduct demand forecasting and generate private demand signals. Under this framework with two levels of adverse selection intertwined with moral hazard, we study the impact of the reseller's and the sales agent's forecasting accuracy on the profitability of each member. We show that the manufacturer's profitability is convex on the reseller's forecasting accuracy. From the manufacturer's perspective, typically improving the reseller's accuracy is detrimental when the accuracy is low but is beneficial when it is high. We identify the concrete interrelation among the manufacturer‐optimal reseller's accuracy, the volatility of the market condition, and the sales agent's accuracy. Finally, the manufacturer's interest may be aligned with the reseller's when only the reseller can choose her accuracy; this alignment is never possible when both downstream players have the discretion to choose their accuracy. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 61: 207–222, 2014     

世界防空导弹市场发展分析

以世界防空导弹型号为研究对象,概述了世界防空导弹市场的总体发展现状,分别对便携式防空导弹、中低空中近程防空导弹和中高空中远程防空导弹市场现状进行了分析。预测了未来１０年世界防空导弹市场的发展趋势。     

毛泽东对抗日战争进程和结局的科学分析与预测——纪念七七卢沟桥事变70周年

今年是七七卢沟桥事变70周年。70年前,在国难当头,民族危亡之时,中国共产党带领全国人民浴血奋战。毛泽东以他伟大的军事家的远见卓识,在延安窑洞的灯光下运筹帷幄,奋笔疾书,谱写了一篇篇闪光的抗战军事著作。在这些著作中,毛泽东深刻地分析、科学地预测了抗日战争的进程和最终的战局。正是这些英明正确的军事理论指引着中国人民夺取了抗日战争的伟大胜利。今天,处在和平发展时期的每一位中国人都应重温历史,勿忘国耻,珍爱和平,开创未来。     

A note on the forecast performance of temporal aggregation

Earlier research on the effects of nonoverlapping temporal aggregation on demand forecasting showed the benefits associated with such an approach under a stationary AR(1) or MA(1) processes for decision making conducted at the disaggregate level. The first objective of this note is to extend those important results by considering a more general underlying demand process. The second objective is to assess the conditions under which aggregation may be a preferable approach for improving decision making at the aggregate level as well. We confirm the validity of previous results under more general conditions, and we show the increased benefit resulting from forecasting by temporal aggregation at lower frequency time units. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 61: 489–500, 2014     

灰色神经网络的鱼雷经济寿命预测

为减少军费开支、降低鱼雷全寿命费用,从经济性角度提出了鱼雷最佳服役年限模型。利用灰色等维新息GM(1,1)模型对鱼雷年度使用维修费用进行预测;采用分组的思想将原始数据分为多组,采用神经网络对灰色模型的预测残差进行修正,以提高预测精度。通过实际算例预测了鱼雷经济寿命,从而证明了模型的实际应用价值。     

初始先验分布未知条件下的DLMR及其Bayes预测

讨论了具有无信息初始先验分布的矩阵变量动态线性模型 (简记为DLMR)及其Bayes预测 ,利用MDIP方法 ,就尺度方差阵∑已知和未知两种情况 ,分别给出模拟初始状态参数(θ1 |D0 )和 (θ1 ,∑ |D0 )的无信息先验分布 ,进而给出其Bayes预测。     

The impact of exponential smoothing forecasts on the bullwhip effect

An important phenomenon often observed in supply chain management, known as the bullwhip effect, implies that demand variability increases as one moves up the supply chain, i.e., as one moves away from customer demand. In this paper we quantify this effect for simple, two‐stage, supply chains consisting of a single retailer and a single manufacturer. We demonstrate that the use of an exponential smoothing forecast by the retailer can cause the bullwhip effect and contrast these results with the increase in variability due to the use of a moving average forecast. We consider two types of demand processes, a correlated demand process and a demand process with a linear trend. We then discuss several important managerial insights that can be drawn from this research. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 47: 269–286, 2000     

装备设计中的再制造性指标预计方法

再制造性设计是装备再制造工程的重要组成部分,是实现退役装备易于再制造的可靠保证,再制造性指标预计是再制造性设计的重要内容。探讨了再制造性指标预计的相关概念及其再制造性指标预计程序,并综合提出了几种可行的再制造性指标预计方法,可为装备的再制造性设计提供技术支撑。     

基于层次分析法的军队油料消耗组合预测模型

在军队油料消耗预测中以直线趋势外推预测法、季节指数预测法和灰色预测法构成组合预测模型,以此为基础引入层次分析法来确定各自权重,按各项预测的重要程度求出组合预测结果。组合预测结果精度较高,并且通过对该组合预测模型中的判断矩阵灵活调整,从而可得到一组适合对应单位的油料消耗组合预测权系数,具有良好通用性,在部队中具有较好的推广价值。     

作战油料需求预计不确定性因素及误差分析

当前各种油料需求预计单纯地追求表面精确而忽视实有误差,重静止轻动态,脱离了作战保障实际。从技术、勤务和战术结合的层面,将油料需求预计不确定性因素归结为油料消耗标准本身、计划与实际运用差异、影响油耗的自然因素考虑不同、作战任务理解判断差别四点,并对各自的误差范围进行了粗略分析。提出的不确定性因素及误差范围界定,有助于引发人们对作战油料需求预计新的思考,提高油料勤务理论研究和实践能力水平。