Optimal switchover times between two activities utilizing the same resource

The “gold‐mining” decision problem is concerned with the efficient utilization of a delicate mining equipment working in a number of different mines. Richard Bellman was the first to consider this type of a problem. The solution found by Bellman for the finite‐horizon, continuous‐time version of the problem with two mines is not overly realistic since he assumed that fractional parts of the same mining equipment could be used in different mines and this fraction could change instantaneously. In this paper, we provide some extensions to this model in order to produce more operational and realistic solutions. Our first model is concerned with developing an operational policy where the equipment may be switched from one mine to the other at most once during a finite horizon. In the next extension we incorporate a cost component in the objective function and assume that the horizon length is not fixed but it is the second decision variable. Structural properties of the optimal solutions are obtained using nonlinear programming. Each model and its solution is illustrated with a numerical example. The models developed here may have potential applications in other areas including production of items requiring the same machine or choosing a sequence of activities requiring the same resource. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 49: 186–203, 2002; DOI 10.1002/nav.10008     

基于非线性模型预测的翼伞系统控制研究

翼伞系统在飞行过程中,受外界不确定因素的影响呈现出非线性特性和耦合性．应用非线性模型预测控制理论对翼伞系统飞行控制进行了研究,提出基于非线性模型预测控制的翼伞系统控制律设计方法,并推导出控制律解析式．仿真研究表明,合理地选择泰勒展开级数和预测周期,通过泰勒级数展开并截尾后的翼伞非线性控制系统可以表现出良好的控制性能．     

一类脉冲时滞抛物型方程解的振动准则

讨论了一类含脉冲的时滞抛物型方程解的振动性,利用格林公式以及Jensen不等式,得出了该方程在一类边界条件下解的振动准则。     

加强和改进应急救援工作若干问题思考

当前消防部队面临的应急救援形势越来越严峻,担负的任务越来越繁重,作战行动也越来越艰苦,这给公安消防部队提出了新的挑战,也使公安消防部队应急救援工作具有新的发展机遇。论述了当前公安消防部队应急救援工作存在的问题,提出了加强和改进应急救援工作的建议。     

Optimal service and arrival rates in Jackson queueing networks

In this paper we present an algorithm for solving a class of queueing network design problems. Specifically, we focus on determining both service and arrival rates in an open Jackson network of queueing stations. This class of problems has been widely studied and used in a variety of applications, but not well solved due to the difficulty of the resulting optimization problems. As an example, consider the classic application in computer network design which involves determining the minimum cost line capacities and flow assignments while satisfying a queueing performance measure such as an upper limit on transmission delay. Other application areas requiring the selection of both service and arrival rates in a network of queues include the design of communication, manufacturing, and health care systems. These applications yield optimization problems that are difficult to solve because typically they are nonconvex, which means they may have many locally optimal solutions that are not necessarily globally optimal. Therefore, to obtain a globally optimal solution, we develop an efficient branch and bound algorithm that takes advantage of the problem structure. Computational testing on randomly generated problems and actual problems from a health care organization indicate that the algorithm is able to solve realistic sized problems in reasonable computing time on a laptop computer. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 47: 1–17, 2000     

过盈配合数值分析与优化设计

围绕高速转盘的过盈配合问题,应用Ansys9.0有限元软件非线性接触技术和优化分析技术确定传递扭矩所需的最佳过盈配合量。实践证明,有限元技术在工程应用中能够优化过盈配合量,缩短设计周期,提高设计质量。     

构建我国社会应急救援力量体系的思考

通过对国内、国际应急救援形势、体制、力量体系的研究分析,结合我国各类应急救援队伍现状,提出构建我国社会应急救援力量体系的初步设想,旨在从战略上谋划,依靠现有救援力量,集中财力建设一支常态应急救援主体力量和若干专业力量,形成政府领导、统一指挥、反应快速、处置高效的应急救援格局,以满足应急管理工作的需要。     

基于粒子滤波的目标跟踪抗野值算法

运用粒子滤波对目标位置进行跟踪时,测量数据的异常突变点、目标的机动转弯、粒子数量的制约和重要性密度函数的优劣都会导致估计误差较大的野值出现,这将严重影响雷达对目标的跟踪精度。现有的野值剔除方法在目标发生机动时,都存在误剔率较高的问题。针对这个问题,采用莱特准则与机动门限准则相结合的方法,提出了不确定观测点的概念,设计了一种适用于机动目标的抗野值粒子滤波算法。仿真结果表明,该方法能较好地检测和更新野值,降低跟踪误差,提高跟踪精度。     

A novel formulation of material nonlinear analysis in structural mechanics

This article demonstrates a novel approach for material nonlinear analysis. This analysis procedure eliminates tedious and lengthy step by step incremental and then iterative procedure adopted classically and gives direct results in the linear as well as in nonlinear range of the material behavior. Use of elastic moduli is eliminated. Instead, stress and strain functions are used as the material input in the analysis procedure. These stress and strain functions are directly derived from the stress-strain behavior of the material by the method of curve fitting. This way, the whole stress-strain diagram is utilized in the analysis which naturally exposes the response of structure when loading is in nonlinear range of the material behavior. It is found that it is an excellent computational procedure adopted so far for material nonlinear analysis which gives very accurate results, easy to adopt and simple in calculations. The method eliminates all types of linearity assumptions in basic derivations of equations and hence, eliminates all types of possibility of errors in the analysis procedure as well. As it is required to know stress distribution in the structural body by proper modelling and structural idealization, the proposed analysis approach can be regarded as stress-based analysis procedure. Basic problems such as uniaxial problem, beam bending, and torsion problems are solved. It is found that approach is very suitable for solving the problems of fracture mechanics. Energy release rate for plate with center crack and double cantilever beam specimen is also evaluated. The approach solves the fracture problem with relative ease in strength of material style calculations. For all problems, results are compared with the classical displacement-based liner theory.     

非线性支撑下悬臂输流管道的Hopf分叉特性

研究了外激励作用下非线性支撑悬臂输流管道系统的Hopf分叉特性,建立了外激励作用下非线性支撑悬臂输流管道系统的动力学方程,并采用Galerkin方法离散动力学方程,由增量谐波平衡(IHB)法推导了方程的近似解析解,由Floquet理论判定了解的稳定性,同时给出了系统的Hopf分叉点。利用数值算法和IHB法研究了支撑位置、支撑结构刚度和阻尼对系统Hopf分叉特性的影响规律。研究表明:系统的幅频特性在Hopf分叉前后发生了改变,响应频率由外激励频率变为系统的自激振动频率,且系统Hopf分叉后,幅值显著增大。该研究结果可为悬臂管道的振动控制提供理论基础。