A comparative study of three tool replacement/operation sequencing strategies in a flexible manufacturing system

This paper studies three tool replacement/operation sequencing strategies for a flexible manufacturing system over a finite time horizon: (1) failure replacement—replace the tool only upon failure, (2) optimal preventive tool replacement for a fixed sequence of operations, and (3) joint scheduling of the optimal preventive tool replacement times and the optimal sequence of operations. Stochastic dynamic decision models are used for strategies 2 and 3. The optimization criterion for strategies 2 and 3 is the minimization of the total expected cost over the finite time horizon. We will show through numerical studies that, with the same amount of information, the total expected costs can be reduced considerably by choosing an optimal strategy. Our conclusion is that in flexible manufacturing, optimal tool replacement and optimal operations sequencing are not separate issues. They should be considered jointly to minimize the expected total cost. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 47: 479–499, 2000     

Planning gamma accelerated degradation tests with two accelerating variables

Gamma accelerated degradation tests (ADT) are widely used to assess timely lifetime information of highly reliable products with degradation paths that follow a gamma process. In the existing literature, there is interest in addressing the problem of deciding how to conduct an efficient, ADT that includes determinations of higher stress‐testing levels and their corresponding sample‐size allocations. The existing results mainly focused on the case of a single accelerating variable. However, this may not be practical when the quality characteristics of the product have slow degradation rates. To overcome this difficulty, we propose an analytical approach to address this decision‐making problem using the case of two accelerating variables. Specifically, based on the criterion of minimizing the asymptotic variance of the estimated q quantile of lifetime distribution of the product, we analytically show that the optimal stress levels and sample‐size allocations can be simultaneously obtained via a general equivalence theorem. In addition, we use a practical example to illustrate the proposed procedure.     

Stability in a general oligopoly model

We analyze a general but parsimonious price competition model for an oligopoly in which each firm offers any number of products. The demand volumes are general piecewise affine functions of the full price vector, generated as the “regular” extension of a base set of affine functions. The model specifies a product assortment, along with their prices and demand volumes, in contrast to most commonly used demand models. We identify a fully best response operator which is monotonically increasing so that the market converges to a Nash equilibrium, when firms dynamically adjust their prices, as best responses to their competitors' prices, at least when starting in one of two price regions. Moreover, geometrically fast convergence to a common equilibrium can be guaranteed for an arbitrary starting point, under an additional condition for the price sensitivity matrix.     

舰船腐蚀电场建模及补偿最优解验证

基于等效偶极子法,从补偿偶极子长度、角度、大小三方面给出了任意角度的补偿偶极子场解析式,再利用电荷矢量叠加原理,建立了"腐蚀偶极子+补偿偶极子"电场模型。仿真以单轴桨船为例,先验证"腐蚀偶极子+补偿偶极子"电场模型的正确性,再进行补偿偶极子对舰船电场的影响验证,从而得出补偿最优解。模拟实验结果表明,补偿阳极在工程允许条件下距离补偿系统接船端最远处,且补偿系统平行于水平面和船体时补偿效果最优;在补偿最优条件下,理论上是可以抵消原舰船腐蚀电场的。     

装备维修过程中备件布局人机工效优化设计

备件取用效率是决定战争胜负的关键因素之一,为了在装备维修过程中能精确、及时、高效地取用备件,提出了考虑人机工效的备件布局优化问题。根据备件布局的特点,在保证备件车行车安全性的前提下,选取了人机工效学中的重要性原则、取用频率原则、相关性原则及相容性原则为备件布局依据及目标,建立了备件布局多目标优化数学模型,并在实例中采用萤火虫算法求解。结果表明:布局模型能综合考虑各子目标,且萤火虫算法求解模型可以获得较好的布局优化方案,备件布局易于查找及存取,达到快速完成维修任务提高维修保障能力的目的。     

基于非线性最优反馈控制的远程拦截闭环制导

利用非线性最优反馈控制和伪谱轨迹快速重构技术,设计了一种有限推力空间远程拦截自适应闭环制导方法。首先建立了有限推力远程拦截最优制导问题模型,并给出了适用于该问题的非线性最优反馈控制求解原理。然后,将空间变轨动力学模型特点和伪谱法相结合,设计了基于状态量缩减的计算效率改进策略以提高轨迹优化的实时性。基于改进伪谱法进行连续轨迹快速重构,利用开环最优解形成闭环反馈,从而保证制导指令的实时更新,并通过引入控制逻辑对制导算法进行改进。时间最短远程拦截仿真表明,该闭环制导方法在保证任务指标最优性的同时,可以有效抑制J2摄动和计算误差的影响,具有较高的制导精度、自适应性和鲁棒性。     

关于火工品设计的若干问题探讨

以一个导弹级间分离用火工方案为例 ,提出了“一次性产品”(火工品 )设计的主要问题 ,特别是对“一次成功”有重要意义的“产品故障树”进行了探讨     

牛顿环实验参数的优化处理

通过分析牛顿环实验的系统误差,给出了用牛顿环测量曲率半径实验时条纹级数的取值范围.     

防空导弹弹道跟踪制导规律研究

根据李亚普诺夫稳定性原理,利用基准优化弹道参数构造滑动面,提出了一种新的弹道跟踪制导规律。对跟踪制导规律的数学原理进行了描述,给出了详细的推导过程和二维平面弹道仿真数学模型及仿真结果。结果表明所提出的弹道跟踪制导规律能使导弹快速跟踪基准优化弹道。     

使用I-DEAS软件进行产品结构标准的计算

介绍了产品结构(productarchitecture)的定义和研究背景.目前有若干种方法来衡量产品结构,其中一种是结合实体建模程序自动完成量化工作,文中重点介绍了此方法.采用I DEAS软件,基于Steiner方法,所编程序植入I DEAS,从而实现产品结构的计算.