Supply licensing when the manufacturer strategically commits to invest in R&D

This article proposes a strategic reason for a proprietary component supplier to license her technology to a competitor or a manufacturer: her anticipation of the manufacturer's strategic commitment to invest in research and development (R&D). We address this phenomenon with a game theoretic model. Our results show that the manufacturer's full commitment to invest in R&D enables the supplier to license, sell a larger quantity through the supply chain, and charge lower prices. These results are robust to the type of demand uncertainty faced by the manufacturer within the class of increasing generalized failure rate distributions. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 61: 341–350, 2014     

用非概率理论分析混合不确定性结构的可靠性

针对不确定性结构可靠性分析中的输入变量分布参数具有不确定性和输入变量为区间模型的混合不确定性结构展开研究。考虑到可用信息最少的情况,将分布参数的不确定性描述为区间模型。通过等概率转换方法将随机变量与其分布参数进行分离,使问题转化为随机与区间变量混合的可靠性问题,建立了混合不确定性问题的可靠性分析模型。基于非概率可靠性理论,建立混合不确定结构分析模型的二级极限状态函数并结合Kriging代理模型建立了高效的求解方法。将所建立的混合不确定模型应用于飞行器结构的不确定性分析中,验证了所建模型的合理性和所提方法的高效性和准确性。     

基于最优化模型的太阳影子定位方法

针对利用太阳影子实现目标的定位问题,分析得到影响影子长度的参数,确立了影长与太阳高度角、目标物长度、经纬度等的函数关系,并结合最小二乘法思想,建立了以理论影长与实际影长之差的平方和最小为目标的优化模型。以直杆为例,运用粒子群优化算法快速求解得到目标的可能位置,并与实际地点进行了比较。     

基于邻域最优控制理论的中制导弹道簇生成

针对临近空间高超声速目标飞行速度快,跟踪预测难的特点,提出了在中制导阶段进行最优弹道设计与弹道簇生成用于对目标预测命中区域进行有效覆盖的方法。首先,通过分析临近空间高超声速目标对现有防空体系带来的挑战,阐明了在中制导段进行弹道簇设计与生成的必要性,其次,将中制导段的弹道规划问题视为求解满足多种约束条件下的最优控制问题,应用最优化理论方法得到了基准的最优弹道,再次,应用邻域最优控制理论,针对终端约束条件进行调整,设计了邻域最优弹道簇的生成算法。最后,通过仿真验证了所提方法的有效性。     

A search game on a cyclic graph

There is a finite cyclic graph. The hider chooses one of all nodes except the specified one, and he hides an (immobile) object there. At the beginning the seeker is at the specified node. After the seeker chooses an ordering of the nodes except the specified one, he examines each nodes in that order until he finds the object, traveling along edges. It costs an amount when he moves from a node to an adjacent one and also when he checks a node. While the hider wishes to maximize the sum of the traveling costs and the examination costs which are required to find the object, the seeker wishes to minimize it. The problem is modeled as a two‐person zero‐sum game. We solve the game when unit costs (traveling cost + examination cost) have geometrical relations depending on nodes. Then we give properties of optimal strategies of both players. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.     

Exact likelihood inference for the exponential distribution under generalized Type‐I and Type‐II hybrid censoring

Chen and Bhattacharyya [Exact confidence bounds for an exponential parameter under hybrid censoring, Commun Statist Theory Methods 17 (1988), 1857–1870] considered a hybrid censoring scheme and obtained the exact distribution of the maximum likelihood estimator of the mean of an exponential distribution along with an exact lower confidence bound. Childs et al. [Exact likelihood inference based on Type‐I and Type‐II hybrid censored samples from the exponential distribution, Ann Inst Statist Math 55 (2003), 319–330] recently derived an alternative simpler expression for the distribution of the MLE. These authors also proposed a new hybrid censoring scheme and derived similar results for the exponential model. In this paper, we propose two generalized hybrid censoring schemes which have some advantages over the hybrid censoring schemes already discussed in the literature. We then derive the exact distribution of the maximum likelihood estimator as well as exact confidence intervals for the mean of the exponential distribution under these generalized hybrid censoring schemes. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004     

基于进化搜索策略的并行子空间设计算法

并行子空间设计是一种有效的多学科设计优化算法,但其搜索策略存在两点不足:一是寻找全局最优解能力有限,二是计算复杂。为弥补上述不足,将遗传算法应用到CSD算法中,提出了一种基于进化搜索策略的CSD算法。介绍了该算法的设计流程,应用该算法对一测试问题进行了优化,取得了满意结果。     

Optimal pricing for a short life‐cycle product when customer price‐sensitivity varies over time

Technology products often experience a life‐cycle demand pattern that resembles a diffusion process, with weak demand in the beginning and the end of the life cycle and high demand intensity in between. The customer price‐sensitivity also changes over the life cycle of the product. We study the prespecified pricing decision for a product that exhibits such demand characteristics. In particular, we determine the optimal set of discrete prices and the times to switch from one price to another, when a limited number of price changes are allowed. Our study shows that the optimal prices and switching times show interesting patterns that depend on the product's demand pattern and the change in the customers' price sensitivity over the life cycle of the product. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2012     

基于改进人工鱼群算法的WNN优化设计

针对人工鱼群算法优化设计小波神经网络(WNN)的缺陷,引入了视野范围与步长的自调整策略,以提高搜索效率和收敛速度。改进后的人工鱼群算法可在WNN的搜索空间中同时确定参数初始值和隐节点数。仿真实例验证了其有效性。     

基于QPSO算法的支持向量机参数优化研究

应用具有量子行为的粒子群优化算法,对支持向量（SVM）进行参数优化研究．根据支持向量机的分类准确率和泛化能力之间的关系,应用QPSO算法选取比较优秀的参数模型,比较参数模型的各项性能,选取最适合实际需要的参数模型．仿真表明,QPSO算法的SVM模型与PSO算法相比在分类准确率和泛化能力上均获得更好的效果,经QPSO优化后的SVM整体性能明显提高．