Optimal control policies in service systems with limited information on the downstream stage

Existing models in multistage service systems assume full information on the state of downstream stages. In this paper, we investigate how much the lack of such information impacts jobs' waiting time in a two‐stage system with two types of jobs at the first stage. The goal is to find the optimal control policy for the server at the first stage to switch between type‐1 and type‐2 jobs, while minimizing the long‐run average number of jobs in the system. We identify control policies and corresponding conditions under which having no or partial information, the system can still capture the most benefit of having full information.     

Trade credit contract in the presence of retailer investment opportunity

This paper presents a model for designing a trade credit contract between a supplier and a retailer that would coordinate a supply chain in the presence of investment opportunity for the retailer. Specifically, we study a newsvendor model where the supplier offers a trade credit contract to the retailer who, by delaying the payment, can invest the accounts payable amount and earn returns. We find that when the channel partners have symmetric information about the retailer's investment return, a conditionally concessional trade credit (CTC) contract, which includes a wholesale price, an interest‐free period, and a minimum order requirement, can achieve channel coordination. We then extend the model to the information asymmetry setting in which the retailer's investment return is unobservable by the supplier. We show that, although the CTC contract cannot achieve the coordination in this setting, it can effectively improve channel efficiency as well as profitability for individual partners.     

考虑落角约束与驾驶仪特性的自适应RBF空间末制导律

为使大口径舰炮制导炮弹在打击近岸机动目标的末制导段满足落角约束,现考虑自动驾驶仪动态特性,基于自适应RBF逼近网络与动态面滑模提出一种空间末制导律。构建空间弹目相对运动模型,通过带改进微分跟踪器的扩张状态观测器估计目标加速度。为零化视线角跟踪误差与视线角速率,采用自适应指数趋近律设计非奇异终端滑模动态面,并运用自适应RBF逼近网络削弱控制指令抖振。通过Lyapunov第二法证明了全系统中视线角跟踪误差与视线角速率均最终一致有界。仿真实验表明：该末制导律使制导炮弹在空间中打击具有不同机动形式的近岸目标时,均具备良好的末制导性能。     

并联TBCC动力对高超声速飞行器性能的影响

针对马赫数为6的一级高超声速巡航飞行器的动力需求,提出涡轮/亚燃冲压/双模态超燃冲压组合动力（T/RJ/DMSJ）和射流预冷涡轮/亚燃冲压/双模态超燃冲压组合动力(PCT/RJ/DMSJ)两种方案。在给定的飞行任务下,分析起飞推重比分别为0.8和1.0时,飞行器完成任务时的航程和飞行时间,并对比了PCT/RJ/DMSJ在两种工作模态下的性能。研究结果表明：在相同的起飞推重比下,两种组合动力方案的航程和飞行时间相差不大。当起飞推重比为0.8时,采用PCT/RJ/DMSJ组合动力方案比T/RJ/DMSJ组合动力方案的航程高出3.6%,飞行时间高出3.8%;当起飞推重比为1.0时,PCT/RJ/DMSJ的航程和飞行时间比T/RJ/DMSJ的分别高出4.6%和4.8%。在小推重比下,跨声速段的燃料消耗和飞行时间占整个加速爬升段的比例较大,随着推重比的增加,这个比例减小,巡航可用的燃料比例增大,巡航距离增加,提高起飞推重比可以提高超声速飞行器的航程并缩短飞行时间。     

The Bullet in the Brick: The Materiality of Conflict in Museum Objects

Tangible traces of conflict in visual artefacts can take viewers uncomfortably close to the realities of war—violence, destruction and fatalities. This article questions the evidential force of objects associated with conflict and their eventual display in exhibitions. Through a study of the display of a brick in which is embedded a bullet that is said to have passed through the body of Francis Sheehy Skeffington when he was executed by firing squad during the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916, this article explores the historical configuration of the brick and analyses its public display in the National Museum of Ireland (NMI). By examining the actions carried out by the NMI in collecting and archiving the object and analysing the narrative strategies of its display, this article considers how the visual aspects of exhibition displays can perpetuate a particular version of historic events and accredits objects with assumed authenticity.     

宽带单脉冲雷达实测数据三维成像的平面视觉形态表示

针对宽带单脉冲雷达实测数据三维成像结果难以直观表示的问题,研究了平面视觉形态表示方法。所谓平面视觉形态,是指用设想的人眼沿着雷达波束方向观测得到的目标结构向适当平面的投影。为获得波束依赖平面视觉形态表示,给出了从实测数据中计算雷达波束方向的方法并从目标尺寸准确估计的角度分析了获取雷达波束方向的必要性,在确定波束方向的基础上,根据投影平面确定新的坐标系,并给出了从雷达观测坐标系到新坐标系的坐标旋转方法。给出了某民航飞机实测数据三维成像处理结果在雷达观测坐标系中的投影表示和新坐标系中的平面视觉形态表示,通过两种表示的对比分析,显示了平面视觉形态表示对特征提取的价值。     

Scheduling with variable time slot costs

In this article, we study a class of new scheduling models where time slot costs have to be taken into consideration. In such models, processing a job will incur certain cost which is determined by the time slots occupied by the job in a schedule. The models apply when operational costs vary over time. The objective of the scheduling models is to minimize the total time slot costs plus a traditional scheduling performance measure. We consider the following performance measures: total completion time, maximum lateness/tardiness, total weighted number of tardy jobs, and total tardiness. We prove the intractability of the models under general parameters and provide polynomial‐time algorithms for special cases with non‐increasing time slot costs.© 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2010     

基于两阶段感染过程分析的蠕虫传播模型SSI

合理的蠕虫传播模型可以准确地描述蠕虫类恶意代码在网络中的传播行为,有助于在开展蠕虫防护、检测和抑制技术的研究时更深入地分析蠕虫的传播机制。通过引入和分析蠕虫的感染时间这个在经典的传染病模型研究中被忽略的重要因素,使用确定性建模分析方法推导得出SSI蠕虫传播模型,合理地反映网络中的脆弱性主机在蠕虫传播时可能的状态转换。模拟仿真表明,SSI模型可以相对准确地描述蠕虫类恶意代码在网络中的传播过程。     

动态矩阵控制在固体氧化物燃料电池中的应用

提出将动态矩阵控制(DMC)算法用于固体氧化物燃料电池(SOFC)的控制。为此,在分析SOFC动态机理模型的基础上,建立了其阶跃响应模型。控制目标是使SOFC的输出电压始终保持在一定范围内,并收敛到恒定的数值。在实际应用中,这样的算法应能提高SOFC输出功率的跟踪性能。仿真结果验证了这种方法的有效性。     

动态疏散逃生系统研究及其应用

保证人员疏散安全是建筑防火安全设计的重要目标之一,而疏散逃生设施是疏散设施不可或缺的组成部分。分别从理念、技术和应用层面介绍动态疏散逃生系统在机场环境中的应用,该系统实现了信息化控制管理,可根据火灾实时情况动态引导人员疏散,具有语音、调整疏散路径、光流等特点,实现＂安全、准确、迅速＂地引导人员避烟逃生,较以往应急疏散指示灯具具有更高的可靠性和安全性。